clubman
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clubmen
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If possible I would prefer something by a fervent materialist about a wealthy clubman and a dark apachess—or something about love.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2017
But times are changing, and curbside hailing may soon be as quaint a relic of old London as the clubman striding through Mayfair in his bowler hat and boutonniere.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2014
Port Talbot Town stalwart Leigh De-Vulgt was voted the Welsh Premier clubman of the year, and Bryn Powell and Peter Nicholas won the FAW merit award.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2013
In person, Trollope looked and acted more like a parody of the English clubman than the Byronic titan who single-handedly filled whole shelves.
From Time Magazine Archive
At one corner of the house, unseen by the clubman, a head had cautiously slipped forth.
From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)
In recent days, Rangers have been pumping out videos of great clubmen of the past talking about the importance of good fan behaviour in Seville.
From BBC ● May 17, 2022
Farmers rocking on their porch chairs in the evening, clubmen lounging beside an afternoon cocktail, come to Clapper conclusions almost exactly the day he does.
From Time Magazine Archive
The clubmen, bewildered, decided to hang ten British landscapes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reassured by the brute force of guarantees, but still bewildered, serious clubmen sought the facts about the new, post-prohibition, U. S. champagne industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
He would have passed without remark in a crowd of West-end clubmen.
From The Grell Mystery by Froest, Frank
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