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clubbie

American  
[kluhb-ee] / ˈklʌb i /

noun

  1. Baseball. a staff member in a clubhouse at a ballpark, responsible for clubhouse duties like cleaning, laundering, or managing those who do.

  2. Informal. a person who frequents nightclubs.

  3. Informal. a club member, especially of an amateur or junior sports club or team.

  4. Informal, Australian. a member of a surf lifesavers club serving at a beach.


Example Sentences

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A clubbie emerged from the Padres’ dugout with another small black PitchCom device.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2022

“I was like: ‘I know, it’s just spring training, I’ve already talked to the clubbie, we’re good.’

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2022

The longest-tenured is Jerry Turner, hired as a Dodgers bat boy in 1979 and the visitor’s clubbie for 25 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2021

M.L.B.’s latest collective bargaining agreement, signed at the tail end of 2016, banned clubbie dues, which by that point had risen to $75 per player per day.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2021

The gist was soon known beyond the boundary: that Paine wasn't good enough to be playing against them; that he was a clubbie accidentally playing Test cricket.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2020