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honky-tonker en · NOUN

Etymology

From honky-tonk + -er.

Meanings

1. (US, informal) Someone who runs or frequents a honky-tonk, or performs in one.
   • To a redneck honky-tonker, nothing beats a dozen cold beers, a bloody fight and a woman usually in that order. 1977, Bill AuCoin, Redneck, Greatlakes Living Press, →ISBN, page 22:
   • In 1952 she signed with Decca Records and turned out a hit that settled her in as the reigning queen of country music and a prototypical honky tonker—“It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels.” 1986, Charles T. Brown, Music U.S.A.: America's Country & Western Tradition, Prentice Hall, page 76:
2. A honky-tonk song.

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