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   hon·ky-tonk

   /ˈhôNGkēˌtôNGk/

   noun

   • 1. a cheap or disreputable bar, club, or dance hall, typically where country music is played: North American "country bands at highway honky-tonks"
   • ▪ squalid and disreputable: "a honky-tonk beach resort"
   • 2. ragtime piano music: "honky-tonk piano"
   • 3. a style of country and western music of the 1950s associated with honky-tonks: US "good-time urban cowboy fare with a hint of honky-tonk and a healthy measure of rock"

   Word Origin late 19th century: of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 23

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