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|The outdoor signage of a dive bar in Los Osos, California — nicknamed “The Marriage Breaker” by local residents.
A dive bar
, or dive
, is a downmarket drinking establishment frequented by a poor or working class clientele.
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DIVE BAR TICKETS
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Etymology
The term “dive” dates from
London in the 19th century, when young men wanted a livelier place in which to spend their afternoons than the
gentlemen’s clubs frequented by their fathers. They formed informal clubs, where they gathered to
smoke and drink
coffee.
The
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary indicates that, in the
United States in the 1880s, the term referred to an illegal
drinking den or other place of ill repute, especially one located in a
basement.
The term may also refer to an
opium den.
See also
- Bar (establishment)
- Roadhouse
- Speakeasy