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clubbable
club·ba·ble also club·a·ble C0424100 (klŭb′ə-bəl)adj. Informal Suited to membership in a social club; sociable.clubbable (ˈklʌbəbəl) or clubableadjsuitable to be a member of a club; sociable ˌclubbaˈbility, ˌclubaˈbility nclub•ba•ble or club•a•ble (ˈklʌb ə bəl)
adj. sociable; fit to join a social club. [1775–85] club`ba•bil′i•ty, club`a•bil′i•ty, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | clubbable - inclined to club together; "a clubbable man"clubablecolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechsociable - inclined to or conducive to companionship with others; "a sociable occasion"; "enjoyed a sociable chat"; "a sociable conversation"; "Americans are sociable and gregarious" |
TranslationsReferences in periodicals archiveOwner-breeders Cheveley Park Stud enjoyed a 1-2 in this last year with Dance Diva and Clubbable and this time rely on the David O'Meara-trained Astrologer, who has looked worth a crack at this level after victories at Beverley and Haydock.Irish heavyweights out to bag black type at CarlisleNot that she's likely to abuse that freedom, being a clubbable type who likes to get on with people: "I hate conflict, generally speaking".At home in a world of high politicsTim Easterby's three-year-old has had the misfortune to come up against two rapidly-improving types in Clubbable and Sandra's Secret on her last two starts, but came out of both races with tremendous credit.Always can storm CastleCharlie Appleby's AURUM made a pleasing return at Newmarket and can go a couple of places better than his third there in the Listed Investec Surrey Stakes (5.15pm); while the Richard Fahey-trained CLUBBABLE has won her last two starts -- at Leicester last season and on her return at York earlier this month -- and can bring up the hat-trick in the Investec Zebra Handicap (5.50pm).Epsom Day One Preview: Magic Wand can land Investec Oaks; Aidan O'Brien's Cheshire Oaks winner can follow up at Epsom, while Cracksman, Dark Red, Medburn Dream, Clubbable and Usain Boat may also scoreCharlie Appleby's AURUM made a pleasing return at Newmarket and can go a couple of places better than his third there in the Listed Investec Surrey Stakes (5.15pm); while the Richard Fahey-trained CLUBBABLE has won her last two starts - at Leicester last season and on her return at York earlier this month - and can bring up the hat-trick in the Investec Zebra Handicap (5.50pm).WAND to weave Magic in the OaksHe was not clubbable in the way that his partners were, and failed to bring work in off the golf course.FLOWER OF SCOTLAND: On the 150th anniversary of his birth, the reputation of the architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh stands higher than ever, but the source of his singular talent remains elusiveCan you really imagine him exuding raw, down-and-dirty masculinity or deftly delivering an arch quip or some playful innuendo?
Tonally, you'd expect his Bond to be closer to Roger Moore's than Sean Connery's: a clubbable dandy who throws the odd well-timed punch rather than a violent brawler with pectorals that radiate power and aggression.James Norton for Bond: The list of contenders keeps growingTODAY'S SELECTIONS York 3.15 Hoof It Newmarket 3.40 Endless Acres 4.15 Clubbable 5.25 FidaawyGET KICK OUT OF HOOF IT; WINNER MACHINEHis election to Congress in 1946 against wealthy incumbent Jerry Voorhis was resented by Washington society, which found the "handsome, pipe-smoking" Democrat properly liberal and clubbable. The same was true when he took down Alger Hiss, whom Nixon knew (and Farrell knows) to have been a Communist spy even as he was serving in the upper reaches of the State Department.THE STRIVERCLUBBABLE (1.50) can strike for Richard Fahey in 'Carrie Red' Fillies' Nursery.AL BE THERE FOR YOU; RECORD RACING IN ASSOCIATION WITH Big winners tipped this week at www.dailyrecord.co.uk/racingHe also comes across as a perfectly clubbable sort of fellow who reciprocates that respect to everyone he works with unless they give him a reason to do otherwise.Tandy's new deal may raise eyebrows but he merits chance to shine; IN MY VIEW DELME PARFITTThe ruthless manner in which these circles stifled the alleged second-rate thinkers induced many to claim that they also discriminated against innovations (such as Jevon's marginalism and Cliffe Leslie's historicism), or settled scores (such as the way Cairnes belittled his TCD contemporaries) or favoured insiders (such as the favourable treatment of the clubbable Fawcett compared to the shabby treatment of Hearn in distant Melbourne).The victorian effort to exclude the amateur 'public intellectual' from economics: the case of Stephen versus Ruskinclubbable
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