[hon.ky-tonk] n [origin unknown] (ca. 1909) 1: a usu. tawdry nightclub or dance hall; esp: one that features country music
2: a district marked by places of cheap entertainment
[2]honky-tonk adj (ca. 1920) 1: of, used in, or being a form of ragtime piano playing performed typically on an upright piano
2: marked by or characteristic of honky-tonks