clip joint

slang

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of clip joint While not all clip joints offer refreshments, a fair number find this is a popular extra in a competitive industry. Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clip joint
Noun
  • This fall, beer in hand, patrons at some of Sacramento’s finest public houses might legally wander out the front door and onto the city’s streets and plazas, moving freely between outdoor festivals and indoor hospitality.
    Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Staying only in inns and public houses served both of these goals.
    Rachel Bernstein, JSTOR Daily, 18 Apr. 2018
Noun
  • Drivers interacted in the municipalities, stayed in local fishing camps, became annual regulars at local watering holes.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Most Popular Large contaminated CT industrial site visible from interstate wins $5.4M boost for redevelopment Large contaminated CT industrial site visible from interstate wins $5.4M boost for redevelopment Longtime watering hole in historic CT building up for sale.
    Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Its tiny window opens and closes shut like an operable window in a speakeasy.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Pre-game the big dinner by enjoying a signature French 125 (a French 75 with Cognac) in the restaurant’s chic and secluded speakeasy lounge.
    Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Nearly an hour elapses before evil descends upon the saloon.
    A.A. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The Bird Cage Theater, which opened in 1881 and also served as a saloon and dance hall, is still standing and open for tours.
    Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • During World War II, the Navy used the aircraft as dive bombers and scout planes.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The Dow, Nasdaq and S&P all closed down more than 2 percent on Monday, with the dive accelerating after Trump’s Powell remarks.
    Aris Folley, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Reynolds was there for the clinching victory over Charlton on Saturday, pulling pints ahead of the game in The Turf pub that’s connected to the ground and then celebrating wildly after the final whistle.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Audience members — who sat at the pub’s tables with drinks in hand — spent a couple of hours eavesdropping on two longtime friends at the bar, their conversations meandering between the mundane and the profound.
    Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This charming resort, which includes a main house, a spa, a timber-frame barn, a stand-alone tavern restaurant, and a beachside bar, is perfect for those who’d prefer not to venture from hotel grounds.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The latter here is represented via a large puppet created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and the walk-through experience will take us from taverns to the back alley of a marketplace to the beholder’s lair.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • On his most countrified fare, he’s also made a conscious effort to tip the balance from the barroom to the bedroom.
    Nancy Kruh, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Still, the bridge breaks into a livelier if bitter barroom bounce, evoking Wilde’s flashy comebacks. 133.
    Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025

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“Clip joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clip%20joint. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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