honky-tonk

(US) A bar or nightclub that caters to Southern patrons and provides country music for entertainment.

(old-fashioned) Any cheap nightclub.

A style of country music emphasizing traditional country instruments (e.g., guitar, steel guitar and fiddle); a rough, nasal vocal style; and tragic themes such as heartbreak, infidelity and alcoholism often associated with patrons of honky-tonks.

(old-fashioned) The type of music typically played in such a club.

Of a sound, having a timbre or tone that is tinny or nasal, said especially of a honky-tonk piano.