gin joint
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A commercial establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed, especially one which is shabby or downmarket.
Dated; Slang
Example Sentences
- "Rick Blaine: "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.""
- "The heroin trade has also flourished in Ruili, along with all the ancillary businesses of bordertowns: casinos, gin joints, a glitzy bowling alley, beauty parlors and garish short-time hotels catering to bigger-spending debauchers."
- "The Tanager was founded on East Fourth Street in a former barbershop, then relocated in 1953 to 90 East 10th, a cheaper, narrow, four-story building upstairs from a gin joint."