honky-tonker

See also: honky tonker

English

Alternative forms

• honky tonker

Etymology

honky-tonk +‎ -er

Noun

honky-tonker (plural honky-tonkers)

1. (US, informal) Someone who runs or frequents a honky-tonk, or performs in one.
   • 1977, Bill AuCoin, Redneck, Greatlakes Living Press, →ISBN, page 22:

     To a redneck honky-tonker, nothing beats a dozen cold beers, a bloody fight and a woman usually in that order.

   • 1986, Charles T. Brown, Music U.S.A.: America's Country & Western Tradition, Prentice Hall, page 76:

     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.”

2. (music) A honky-tonk song.

Further reading

• “honky-tonker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.