juke joint
noun
: a small inexpensive establishment for eating, drinking, or dancing to the music of a jukebox or a live band
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The music leans Appalachian, churchy, communal — more porch than juke joint.
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Arkansas Online, 17 July 2025
The three day festival was a combination of workshops, concerts, and film screenings, complete with onsite banjo lessons, an evening juke joint, and square and line dancing parties.
—Essence, 29 May 2025
In it, 1930s Mississippi is seen as a burgeoning and fertile place where blues music is created, as characters perform in moving cars and a juke joint is thrown together for the community to enjoy.
—Dan Heching, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
This sequence takes place in a juke joint opened by the twins Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan).
—Mekado Murphy, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Arkansas Online, 17 July 2025
The three day festival was a combination of workshops, concerts, and film screenings, complete with onsite banjo lessons, an evening juke joint, and square and line dancing parties.
—Essence, 29 May 2025
In it, 1930s Mississippi is seen as a burgeoning and fertile place where blues music is created, as characters perform in moving cars and a juke joint is thrown together for the community to enjoy.
—Dan Heching, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
This sequence takes place in a juke joint opened by the twins Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan).
—Mekado Murphy, New York Times, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for juke joint
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“Juke joint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juke%20joint. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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