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key club

American  

noun

  1. a private nightclub admitting only members and their guests, the members often being given door keys to the club.


Etymology

Origin of key club

First recorded in 1885–90


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Tringale took advantage with one key club in his bag.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2022

The room was run as a key club, or a private social club, with prospective visitors required to pay a $1 membership fee to join the Maquoketa Sports Car Club.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 24, 2016

Shi took five hearts, one diamond, two clubs and the key club ruff.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2015

A rather special segment of mankind occupies Kingsley's boozy, smoke-hazy, symbolic inferno, a red-velours-lined Manhattan key club.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Cape Coral, Fla., a $50,000 clubhouse is being readied for the autumn opening of the nation's first teen-age key club.

From Time Magazine Archive

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