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clubbable

American  
[kluhb-uh-buhl] / ˈklʌb ə bəl /
Or clubable

adjective

  1. fit to be a member of a social club; sociable.


clubbable British  
/ ˈklʌbəbəl /

adjective

  1. suitable to be a member of a club; sociable

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of clubbable

First recorded in 1775–85; club + -able

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Over the course of four series, this blurring of reality has coloured how people respond to them in real life: seeing them as the clubbable Brydon and the prickly Coogan.

From The Guardian Feb. 15, 2020

Carole keeps Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” as her ringtone because she wants to appear classy, and repeats a morning mantra: “I am highly presentable, likable, clubbable, relatable, promotable and successful.”

From New York Times Nov. 4, 2019

I was obviously more clubbable than I had imagined.

From Washington Post Feb. 20, 2018

He already has a growing band of champions, led by Ben Wallace, the MP for Wyre and Preston North; yet he is less clubbable than he seems.

From Economist Apr. 23, 2015

With brilliancy enough to have won success if he had had patience to ensure it, he was not only a pleasant companion, a "clubbable man" in Johnson's phrase, but a friend to trust.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 by Thomas Henry Huxley

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