Noun
A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat.
Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow. Billy Sunday
If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon. W. C. Fields
I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear. Billy Sunday
I tell you that the curse of God Almighty is on the saloon. Billy Sunday
There is no law, divine or human, that the saloon respects. Billy Sunday
I want to thank you in an empty church and dry saloon. Estonian Proverb