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.