poolroom

[ pool-room, -roo m ]

/ ˈpulˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

an establishment or room for the playing of pool or billiards.

a place where betting is carried on, especially illegally; a bookmaker's establishment.

Origin of poolroom

First recorded in 1860–65; pool² + room

pool malebo, pool table, pool train, poole, pooled serum, poolroom, pools, poolside, poon, poona, poonce

What about Rosie and good looking Bella and her brother she was trying to rescue from the grip of the poolroom?

Working With the Working Woman |Cornelia Stratton Parker
Charles Carroll, for keeping a common gaming house and poolroom.

Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World |Clifton R. Wooldridge
Edwin E. Farley, for keeping a common gaming house and poolroom.

Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World |Clifton R. Wooldridge
If Constantin had chanced to be an actor instead of a poolroom czar he would never have been taken in by so simple a trick.

Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories |Albert Payson Terhune

She said she had no milk for the baby and no fire, that he was spending everything he earned in my poolroom.

Green Valley |Katharine Reynolds

poolroom

/ (ˈpuːlˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /

a hall or establishment where pool, billiards, etc, are played