honky-tonker

plural honky-tonkers · alternative honky tonker

1. USinformalSomeone 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

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   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. entertainmentA honky-tonk song.