sports bar

noun

: a bar catering especially to sports fans and typically containing several televisions and often sports memorabilia

Examples of sports bar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Johnson did not provide a reason for Walk-On's closure in January and said via a spokesperson that the sports bar would relocate elsewhere in the Indy metro area. Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 3 May 2024 Image Bob Roberts, the president of the Corktown Business Association, runs McShane’s, a sports bar in the area. Ken Belson, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sports bar 

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Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sports bar was in 1975

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“Sports bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sports%20bar. Accessed 13 May. 2024.

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