bucket of blood

Definitions

1. A rough, crudely furnished bar where fights may be expected.
   US, slang
2. Former name of bloody mary (“cocktail”).
   dated, obsolete

Examples

“At the Bluetick Tavern, a bucket of blood hangout on the outskirts of Little Black Water, a haze of smoke⟳ clung to the ceiling joists.”

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