Club-house
[kluhb-hous] /ˈklʌbˌhaʊs/
noun, plural clubhouses
[kluhb-hou-ziz] /ˈklʌbˌhaʊ zɪz/ (Show IPA)
1.
a building or room occupied by a .
2.
a building or area used for social or recreational activities by occupants of an apartment complex, institution, etc.
3.
an athletic team’s dressing room.
/ˈklʌbˌhaʊs/
noun
1.
the premises of a sports or other club, esp a golf club
n.
also clubhouse, “place of meeting and refreshment always open to those who sre members of the club,” 1818, from club (n.) in the associative sense + house (n.). Clubhouse lawyer is baseball slang by 1940s.
modifier
Having to do with routine and sometimes shady urban partisan politics: Dinkins, 62, is a classic clubhouse politician (1960s+)
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[kluhb-muh n, -man] /ˈklʌb mən, -ˌmæn/ noun, plural clubmen [kluhb-muh n, -men] /ˈklʌb mən, -ˌmɛn/ (Show IPA) 1. a who belongs to a , especially a fashionable club, and is active in club life. /ˈklʌbmən/ noun (pl) -men 1. a man who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs