tiki bar

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tiki bar

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From tiki (“carved talisman”) + bar (“drinking establishment”). From Māori tiki (“figurine”).

noun tiki bars

A drinking establishment or restaurant with an exotic tropical theme, serving elaborate cocktails. 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.

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@misc{tiki_bar_2026,
  title = {tiki bar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tiki%20bar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}