Meaning of barrelhouse | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A rough-and-tumble drinking establishment.
2. A loud, percussive type of blues piano suitable for noisy bars or taverns.

Examples

“It’s beautiful, but never naïvely so; the pastoral moments were offset by barrelhouse intrusions.”

“A barrelhouse blues was being shouted over the stamping of feet on a wooden floor. Miss Grace, the good-time woman, had her usual Saturday-night customers.”

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