bucket of blood

noun

A rough, crudely furnished bar where fights may be expected.

Meanings

nounbucket of blood (plural buckets of blood)

plural buckets of blood

  1. USslangA rough, crudely furnished bar where fights may be expected.

    At the Bluetick Tavern, a bucket of blood hangout on the outskirts of Little Black Water, a haze of smoke clung to the ceiling joists.

    2015, Ken R. Abell, Nightmares of Terror, page 108
  2. datedobsoleteFormer name of bloody mary (“cocktail”).

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