Definition of Poolroom

1. Noun. A room with pool tables where pool is played.

Generic synonyms: Room

Definition of Poolroom

1. Noun. (American English) A room with pool tables where pool can be played, usually for a fee ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Poolroom

1. an establishment for the playing of billiards [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poolroom

pool table
pool tables
poolable
pooled
pooled serum
pooler
poolers
poolhall
poolhalls
poolhouse
poolhouses
pooling
pooling of interest
poolish
poolishes
poolroom (current term)
poolrooms
pools
poolscape
poolscapes
poolside
poolsides
poolwater
poona kheera
poonac
poonacs
poonce
poonces
poons

Literary usage of Poolroom

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"69 poolroom connecting lines, by which a through rate on a certain class of traffic is conditioned on л ... poolroom As gambling house, see Gambling House. ..."

2. Snake Walkers by J. Everett Prewitt (2005)
"The sound of shots made his heart sink as he ran up the driveway in a lot adjacent to the poolroom. He couldn't go back to the family having failed to ..."

3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1910)
"Before commencing to operate his poolroom he applied for and procured a privilege ... He appealed to the circuit court, and again opened his poolroom, ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"I don't allow any man to do me like he did and get by with It." When they came out on the street there was a considerable crowd In front of the poolroom and ..."

5. Journal by General Assembly, Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate, Pennsylvania (1905)
"On the 19th day of February, 1902, the prisoner, Joseph M. Bennett, a boy aged seventeen years, was in the poolroom at 1708 South street, playing pool with ..."

6. Minutes and Testimony of the Joint Legislative Committee Appointed to by New York (State), Legislature (1916)
"i Q. That is, if a place is suspected of being a poolroom, you occasionally get an order to ... How many of those taps were poolroom cases — about ? ..."

7. Reports of Cases by New York (State). Court of Appeals (1907)
"The defendant was not in the places where lie had been accustomed to spend his time after November 28th to December 3rd, when he came into the poolroom ..."

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