tiki bar

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English

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Etymology

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From tiki (carved talisman) +‎ bar (drinking establishment). From Maori tiki (figurine).

Noun

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tiki bar (plural tiki bars)

  1. A drinking establishment or restaurant with an exotic tropical theme, serving elaborate cocktails.
    • 2016 September 7, “Let's Talk Tiki Bars: Harmless Fun Or Exploitation?”, in NPR.org[1]:
      Say you want to escape the doldrums of daily life — but you can't quite afford a trip to Hawaii. Why not to head to your local tiki bar for a sample of the South Seas? These faux-Polynesian, palm-thatched rum palaces that were all the rage in the 1960s are now making a comeback.
    • 2020, Dan Nosowitz, “What the Heck is Crab Rangoon Anyway?”, in J. Kenji López-Alt, editor, The Best American Food Writing 2020, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 227:
      The dish was probably invented by Victor Bergeron, best known as the namesake founder of the Trader Vic's chains of tiki bars.

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