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dive bar

[ dahyv bahr ]

noun

Slang.
  1. a dingy, disreputable, or seedy bar or tavern:

    We met for a drink at this dank, dimly lit dive bar around the corner.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dive bar1

First recorded in 1940–45
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Among them was 5 Star Bar, an authentic dive bar that served cheap beer, grilled simple, tasty burgers and hosted live music.

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On Tuesday, just before his speech before Congress, denizens at the local Poor Richards dive bar were split on Ukraine - and what role Scranton ought to play on the world stage.

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Edwards meant it as a polite rib at the Culver City staple dive bar, but it’s also an appropriate joke to crack about the group that calls itself “America’s local band.â€

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This was after we’d visited the used bookstore and the pizza place where we ate a hundred times; after we’d looked in from the road at the restaurant that took the place of our favorite dive bar; and after Paul had had one last beer for the road, and decided to give up eating and take liquid nourishment through a tube.

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A dive bar that helped keep the neighborhood together, gone.

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