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  • noun Alternative spelling of honky-tonk.

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Examples

  • Mr. Isacoff, a frequent Wall Street Journal contributor, follows the piano into the honkytonk, the drawing room, the middle-class home and the jazz club, tracking the evolution of the physical instrument itself as well as the composers and performers who made the piano an emblem of cultural variety and a laboratory for musical form.

    From Honkytonk To High Art James Penrose 2012

  • Cowboy life, ArizonaThe beautiful Rincon mountains are incentive enough to book a trip to Arizona, but then the Tanque Verde Ranch in the foothills also has classes in cowboy horsemanship, tennis, hiking, mountain biking, followed by tales around the campfire, rodeos, line dancing lessons and even a honkytonk disco.

    Great last-minute summer deals for families 2010

  • Learned guitar and played with my honkytonk grandfather.

    mark weber | 3 poems « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2007

  • Time to butch up and honkytonk down the brand, make it hip and sexy, and try to appeal to a new younger, fashion-conscious demographic.

    Assvertising 2008

  • Time to butch up and honkytonk down the brand, make it hip and sexy, and try to appeal to a new younger, fashion-conscious demographic.

    Assvertising 2008

  • But after the war, the electric honkytonk typified by Williams and Ernest Tubb and its obsession with such anti-Acuffian themes as cheating and boozing made the King of Country seem increasingly quaint.

    'I'm Able To Reach The People' 2008

  • He is, on his frequent best nights, entirely present, often loud and blasting with great ferocity, totally committed to older forms, blues, bluegrass, and honkytonk country, pre-60s folk music.

    'Tell-Tale Signs' Exposes Bob Dylan Bootlegs 2008

  • First Impression: People think Joanna will either stab you in the back, regale you with her knowledge, or buy you a beer at the honkytonk.

    5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008

  • The singer put down roots in Austin in the '60s, later playing clubs alongside Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett and Lucinda Williams and releasing blithe, honkytonk-style albums for the independent label Hightone. in 1989 Natalie Merchant of 10,000 Maniacs and Elektra Records exec David Bither fell under Gilmore's spell at a folk festival.

    That Lonesome Whippoorwill 2008

  • First Impression: People think Joanna will either stab you in the back, regale you with her knowledge, or buy you a beer at the honkytonk.

    5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008

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