clubbie
Americannoun
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Baseball. a staff member in a clubhouse at a ballpark, responsible for clubhouse duties like cleaning, laundering, or managing those who do.
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Informal. a person who frequents nightclubs.
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Informal. a club member, especially of an amateur or junior sports club or team.
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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
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