Barcade

//bɑɹˈkeɪd// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bar (drinking establishment) equipped with video arcade games.

    "Glen “Hooping Cough” Hodges is proprietor and manager of Nine Chakras, the new retro gaming barcade in town."

Example

More examples

"Glen “Hooping Cough” Hodges is proprietor and manager of Nine Chakras, the new retro gaming barcade in town."

Etymology

Blend of bar + arcade. A chain of arcade bars by this name first opened in Brooklyn in 2004.

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