Saloon
noun
A place where alcoholic drinks are sold and drunk.
They went to the saloon after work to relax.
Often appears as...
- watering hole saloon
- western saloon
noun
A big room for social entertainment.
The mansion had a grand saloon where concerts and dances took place.
Often appears as...
- grand saloon
- spacious saloon
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Formal
noun
A version of a car with four doors and a separate trunk.
They bought a new saloon car for the family road trip.
Often appears as...
- saloon car
- four-door saloon
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Technical
noun
A place where alcoholic drinks are sold and drunk.
They went to the saloon after work to relax.
Often appears as...
- watering hole saloon
- western saloon
noun
A big room for social entertainment.
The mansion had a grand saloon where concerts and dances took place.
Often appears as...
- grand saloon
- spacious saloon
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A version of a car with four doors and a separate trunk.
They bought a new saloon car for the family road trip.
Often appears as...
- saloon car
- four-door saloon
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Imagery
Saloon often evokes images of the Old West with cowboys and swinging door entrances.
The movie depicted a raucous saloon typical of a Western town.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Usage
Today, 'saloon' may sound outdated or stylistic, with 'bar' being more common.
They decorated the bar to look like an old-time saloon.
Pro Tip 3/3Vocal Nuance
Pronunciation is the same as 'salon', stressing context to tell them apart.
He joked about getting a haircut at the saloon, mixing up the words.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Imagery
Saloon often evokes images of the Old West with cowboys and swinging door entrances.
The movie depicted a raucous saloon typical of a Western town.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Usage
Today, 'saloon' may sound outdated or stylistic, with 'bar' being more common.
They decorated the bar to look like an old-time saloon.
Pro Tip 3/3Vocal Nuance
Pronunciation is the same as 'salon', stressing context to tell them apart.
He joked about getting a haircut at the saloon, mixing up the words.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Imagery
Saloon often evokes images of the Old West with cowboys and swinging door entrances.
The movie depicted a raucous saloon typical of a Western town.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Usage
Today, 'saloon' may sound outdated or stylistic, with 'bar' being more common.
They decorated the bar to look like an old-time saloon.
Pro Tip 3/3Vocal Nuance
Pronunciation is the same as 'salon', stressing context to tell them apart.
He joked about getting a haircut at the saloon, mixing up the words.
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Concrete "Bomb" PIPE I...
certainly is mate what are you doing well I'm so confident that this is gonna work that I'm willing to put my own luxury executive saloon on the line no way nice you're actually no no no no I'm I'm confident on a secret all right then bombs away yeah let's get it up
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Rose George: Inside the...
And another thing that surprised me when I got on board Kendal was who I was sitting next to -- Not the queen; I can't imagine why they put me underneath her portrait -- But around that dining table in the officer's saloon, I was sitting next to a Burmese guy,
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Who owns the "wilderness"...
Those who managed to return witnessed white settlers claiming the land, felling giant sequoias, and building hotels and saloons. In response, a small group of concerned Californians lobbied senator John Conness to protect the valley from private interests.
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Inside the Paris Climate...
aircraft carrier around what exactly are they doing how fast are they doing it this year's all about solutions another but just to say scaring people and say this is the progress diploma he says look here's the saloon right here's what's being done
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Prohibition: Banning...
But the view in the Western world of alcohol as a primary cause of social ills was much older. It first gained traction during the Industrial Revolution as new populations of workers poured into cities and men gathered in saloons to drink.
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Toby Shapshak: You don't...
first came the infrastructure, then came the industry around it, the brothels -- it's a bit like the Internet today, right? — and everything else that worked with bars, saloons, etc. The gold of today is mobile,
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The secrets of spider...
library of venom of chemical compounds that are available to us that are produced by hundreds of thousands of life creatures and sorry she just wants to go for a little walk spider saloon actually thought to
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Learn to read Chinese...
The moon. The symbol of the door looks like a pair of saloon doors in the wild west. I call these eight characters radicals. They are the building blocks
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Kinky City PIPE The Big...
this little town has six strip clubs in total from the silver dollar to the full moon with a seventh on the way the patrons of the full moon saloon come
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Killer Fog PIPE National...
survive in saloon 500 are dead five miles away in the village of Neos only six out of a
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Concrete "Bomb" PIPE I...
certainly is mate what are you doing well I'm so confident that this is gonna work that I'm willing to put my own luxury executive saloon on the line no way nice you're actually no no no no I'm I'm confident on a secret all right then bombs away yeah let's get it up
Video examples
Rose George: Inside the...
And another thing that surprised me when I got on board Kendal was who I was sitting next to -- Not the queen; I can't imagine why they put me underneath her portrait -- But around that dining table in the officer's saloon, I was sitting next to a Burmese guy,
Video examples
Who owns the "wilderness"...
Those who managed to return witnessed white settlers claiming the land, felling giant sequoias, and building hotels and saloons. In response, a small group of concerned Californians lobbied senator John Conness to protect the valley from private interests.
Video examples
Inside the Paris Climate...
aircraft carrier around what exactly are they doing how fast are they doing it this year's all about solutions another but just to say scaring people and say this is the progress diploma he says look here's the saloon right here's what's being done
Video examples
Prohibition: Banning...
But the view in the Western world of alcohol as a primary cause of social ills was much older. It first gained traction during the Industrial Revolution as new populations of workers poured into cities and men gathered in saloons to drink.
Video examples
Toby Shapshak: You don't...
first came the infrastructure, then came the industry around it, the brothels -- it's a bit like the Internet today, right? — and everything else that worked with bars, saloons, etc. The gold of today is mobile,
Video examples
The secrets of spider...
library of venom of chemical compounds that are available to us that are produced by hundreds of thousands of life creatures and sorry she just wants to go for a little walk spider saloon actually thought to
Video examples
Learn to read Chinese...
The moon. The symbol of the door looks like a pair of saloon doors in the wild west. I call these eight characters radicals. They are the building blocks
Video examples
Kinky City PIPE The Big...
this little town has six strip clubs in total from the silver dollar to the full moon with a seventh on the way the patrons of the full moon saloon come
Video examples
Killer Fog PIPE National...
survive in saloon 500 are dead five miles away in the village of Neos only six out of a
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Quote examples
Jimmy Breslin
American Entertainer
I busted out of the place in a hurry and went to a saloon and drank beer and said that for the rest of my life I'd never take a job in a place where you couldn't throw cigarette butts on the floor. I was hooked on this writing for newspapers and magazines.
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Don Ameche
American Actor
I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon business: I wanted to get away from Kenosha. And once I left, never, ever did it cross my mind to go back. I went to college and thought I'd study law.
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Paul Samuelson
American Economist
I decided that there was only one place to make money in the mutual fund business, as there is only one place for a temperate man to be in a saloon: behind the bar and not in front of it.
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Isaac D'Israeli
British Writer
All is extremely genteel; and there is almost as much repose as in the golden saloons of the contiguous palaces. At any rate, if there be as much vice, there is as little crime.
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Don Rickles
American Comedian
In our day we went from - we went into saloons. We couldn't cross over like you can today, get a television series and all of a sudden you're a major movie star, you know.
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Ruth Reichl
American Chef
If you go back in American history, oysters were the food of poor people. New York was filled with oyster saloons in the 1800s.
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Billy Sunday
American Clergyman
I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.
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Jon Huntsman, Jr.
American Politician
I come from a long line of saloon keepers and proselytizers, and I draw from both sides.
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Bez
English Dancer
We're facing last orders in the last chance saloon when it comes to climate change.
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W. C. Fields
American Comedian
If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon.
Quote examples
Jimmy Breslin
American Entertainer
I busted out of the place in a hurry and went to a saloon and drank beer and said that for the rest of my life I'd never take a job in a place where you couldn't throw cigarette butts on the floor. I was hooked on this writing for newspapers and magazines.
Quote examples
Don Ameche
American Actor
I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon business: I wanted to get away from Kenosha. And once I left, never, ever did it cross my mind to go back. I went to college and thought I'd study law.
Quote examples
Paul Samuelson
American Economist
I decided that there was only one place to make money in the mutual fund business, as there is only one place for a temperate man to be in a saloon: behind the bar and not in front of it.
Quote examples
Isaac D'Israeli
British Writer
All is extremely genteel; and there is almost as much repose as in the golden saloons of the contiguous palaces. At any rate, if there be as much vice, there is as little crime.
Quote examples
Don Rickles
American Comedian
In our day we went from - we went into saloons. We couldn't cross over like you can today, get a television series and all of a sudden you're a major movie star, you know.
Quote examples
Ruth Reichl
American Chef
If you go back in American history, oysters were the food of poor people. New York was filled with oyster saloons in the 1800s.
Quote examples
Billy Sunday
American Clergyman
I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.
Quote examples
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
American Politician
I come from a long line of saloon keepers and proselytizers, and I draw from both sides.
Quote examples
Bez
English Dancer
We're facing last orders in the last chance saloon when it comes to climate change.
Quote examples
W. C. Fields
American Comedian
If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon.
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