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
  • As Hackers Attack — Here’s How Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Monday, May 19 Speaking of old-timers, just a half-mile down the boulevard stands the century-old watering hole Musso & Frank Grill, a magnet for true celluloid royalty like Chaplin and Sinatra, Bogart and Garbo.
    David Weiss, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • The Desert Bar, snuggled in a remote corner of western Arizona, isn’t your average watering hole.
    Tiffany Acosta, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The atmosphere felt like a fusion between a calm 1970s disco and a 1920s speakeasy.
    Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • What ties Almanac to Japanese culture, American speakeasy culture, and Ogawa downstairs is the omakase cocktail, notes Scott.
    Alisha Miranda, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Pendergast thrived in business, expanding his real estate holdings and opening new establishments, including a saloon at Fifth and Main streets.
    Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2025
  • Nation was known throughout the Midwest for her assault on saloons and bars with her hatchet.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • SeaWorld dives in SeaWorld Orlando presents several seasonal activities under its Summer Spectacular umbrella.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2025
  • On Friday evening, the Placer County Sheriff’s office dive team recovered what is believed to be the man’s body.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • Cardboard cutouts of stars like Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns overlook the bar as the two-decade-old establishment gets ready to host a crowd that will push the three-story pub to its maximum capacity of about 700.
    Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 21 May 2025
  • Sheriff’s officials said the victim — who has yet to be identified by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office — was not affiliated with the pub or any nearby businesses and was not a customer at the time of the attack.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Shells from the tavern in the basement of Gladstone’s Land, a tenement house in the Scottish capital, filled in gaps in the building’s brickwork.
    Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
  • The Plastered Owl - Named for a comical celestial owl, this whimsical bar serves up the coldest beers from the tap of the ancient tree at the tavern's center.
    Samantha Neely, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • That barroom style played right into the music surrounding Betty Boop.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The former Aliso Viejo High School student, now an Irvine resident, became a prominent Southern California restaurateur after earning her stripes in the barroom trenches.
    Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Clip joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clip%20joint. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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