gentlemen's club
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British. a private club for wealthy or well-connected men which gives members access to rooms for dining, reading, socializing, and sometimes staying overnight.
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a nightclub featuring erotic performances, especially striptease.
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The Rand Club was founded a year later by mining magnates, including Cecil John Rhodes, who walked the future streets of Johannesburg and selected a corner for what he deemed an essential gentlemen’s club.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
A Grade II listed venue built in 1811 as an exchange hall and gentlemen's club is marking 60 years since the Rolling Stones took to its stage.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2023
McCarthy, however, though he was born in the same year as Philip Roth, was never a member of that particular gentlemen’s club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Bain was one of the first employees of the Pendennis Club, a gentlemen's club located in the heart of the city's downtown that formed in 1881.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2021
Penelope saw familiar faces among them: the Earl of Maytag was there, and Baron Hoover, both friends of Lord Fredrick from his gentlemen’s club.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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