pool hall
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pool hall
An Americanism dating back to 1925–30
Example Sentences
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His father, Roberto, acquired it shortly after purchasing a pool hall called First Street Billiards in Boyle Heights.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025
Businesses including a grocery store, barber shop and pool hall benefitted the Black community.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2023
As a teenager, D’Elia met Bufalino in a pool hall in Pittston, Pa., and began working for him as his driver, among other duties.
From Washington Times • May 10, 2023
The best burger Bobby ever had was at a pool hall in Knoxville.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2022
Several lawmen quickly located Ernest Burkhart at his favorite dive, a pool hall in Fairfax, and transported him to the jail in Guthrie, eighty miles southwest of Pawhuska.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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