noun, circa 1900, USA ... in use from the turn of the century to the beginning of Prohibition; a lower class Bowery urban type saloon-dance hall-tavern catering to gamblers, con-artists, pick pockets,
prostitutes, women of easy virture,
homosexual pansies and the like. A place one would go slumming for a good time. An urbanized version of
the Wild West Saloon, but seedier, a dive or joint. Fun, like a ride down a slide in a children's playground.