clubland
/ˈklʌbland
/noun [mass noun] British
1An area of a town or city with many nightclubs.Just four years after the council leader criticised police for allowing ‘rampant lawlessness’ to grip the city's clubland, they are now the envy of the rest of the country....
- This eight-floor entertainment complex, which opened last October, holds 2500 people at a prestigious address in the heart of clubland London.
- One resident wrote: ‘This is a residential village, not clubland.’
1.1The world of nightclubs and nightclubbers: he was already a star in clubland [as modifier]: the show featured four clubland favourites...
- Having moved to London just in time to embrace its vibrant 1980s clubland scene, he now devotes his time to writing comedy sketches and radio plays as well as his artwork.
- Trained as a doorman to national standards, he is teaching the actors restraining techniques and telling clubland anecdotes to familiarise them with a bouncer's world.
- What happens next is probably not untypical for many clubland acts who have their dreams shattered.
