Sad hour

[Benjamin Barrett]

Good question. It might be a retronym to distinguish it from dive restaurants. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dive says "A seedy bar, nightclub, etc."

On Jan 7, 2014, at 12:49 AM, John Doe <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 1:54 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:
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>> dive bar
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> In what way does a "dive *bar*" distinguish itself from an ordinary "dive"?

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