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1. A bar or nightclub that caters to Southern patrons and provides country music for entertainment.

2. Any cheap nightclub.

   Example: Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky-tonk blues. The Rolling Stones, "Honky-tonk Woman".

3. The type of music typically played in such a club

4. A style of country music emphasizing traditional country instruments (e.g., guitar, steel guitar and fiddle); a rough, nasal vocal style; and tragic themes such as heartbreak, infidelity and alcoholism often associated with patrons of honky-tonks.