jockey club

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noun

an association for the regulation and promotion of thoroughbred horse racing, usually composed of racing officials and thoroughbred owners at a specific racetrack or in a particular region.

a section at a racetrack reserved for members of such an association, containing box seats, a restaurant, and sometimes rooms for social gatherings.

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Origin of jockey club

First recorded in 1765–75

Words nearby jockey club

Jochum, jock, jockey, jockey box, jockey cap, jockey club, jockey for position, Jockey shorts, jock itch, jocko, Jock Scot

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How to use jockey club in a sentence

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It was Wednesday night; over forty men sat down to the house-dinner at the Pandemonium Club.
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In most club card-rooms smoking is not permitted, but at the Pandemonium it is the fashion to smoke everywhere.
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But he forgot the stagnant town, the bald-headed man at the club window, the organ and "The Manola."
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He kisses the top of her head lightly and goes round to the club fender, where he sits with his back to the fireplace.
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He won't let her belong to a club—clubs are all very well for other women, but his wife is not as other women.
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British Dictionary definitions for jockey club

Jockey Club

noun

British the governing body that regulates and controls horse-racing both on the flat and over jumps

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