Definition of "cocktail lounge" [cocktail lounge]

• An establishment or a room in an establishment, as in a hotel or restaurant, where cocktails are served. (noun)

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• "This pertains to the spurious allegations Duane Lindenaur made against me and the non sequitur of my happening to be in a cocktail lounge frequented by certain not respectable people when a police raid occurred."
• "‘Yesterday evening tragedy occurred at a convivial cocktail lounge in the Silverlake District."
• "Tuesday evening, November 27: Ricki the bartender and Priscilla the waitress got into a shouting match in the cocktail lounge at El Papa Muerta, the waitress calling the bartender -a thieving, vindictive dyke" and the bartender characterizing the waitress as -a liar, a two-timer, and a clumsy slut."