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supper club

American  

noun

  1. a nightclub, especially a small, luxurious one.


supper club British  

noun

  1. (formerly) a small expensive nightclub

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of supper club

First recorded in 1920–25

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They appeared on panels moderated by celebrity boosters such as Austin Butler and Denzel Washington, and mingled at a Los Angeles supper club that got turned into the juke joint from the movie.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 14, 2026

For more than 100 years, the restaurant has been serving the De Pere community with classic supper club fare.

From Salon Mar. 10, 2026

This all seemed like throat clearing to me, as did the complete reconfiguration of the auditorium itself, which is now arranged like a large supper club or a small stadium.

From New York Times Apr. 21, 2024

A campus "supper club" gave out 500 meals in three weeks, she said, with some students "at breaking point".

From BBC Feb. 17, 2024

This supper club will be a roomful of boys carrying chewed-up pencils in their pockets—they’re probably studying architecture, like Ollie is—and girls citing philosophers I’ve never heard of.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

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