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Definition of "clubbable" []

  • Informal Suited to membership in a social club; sociable. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "clubbable" in a sentence
  • "John Tooley is a part-time senior youth worker, who for two nights a week helps vulnerable youngsters - "the ones who don't join the Scouts or other clubs, not being what you'd call clubbable.""
  • "Boswell's life is unusual in illuminating not only the underworld of the prostitutes among whom he spent an impressive proportion of his time but also the heavy, static society of the Scottish aristocracy and the fierily loquacious world of London's "clubbable" men."
  • "They were probably "clubbable" persons, friends with a common interest, each pursuing his own path with perfect freedom, a method which must have enhanced the harmony and efficiency of their meetings."
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