house clubn.
/ˈhaʊs ˌklʌb/, U.S. /ˈhaʊs ˌkləb/ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > club > having a building
club1776
house club1878
1878 Temple Bar Apr. 490 Doran was remarkable amongst London men of his social quality and status for never joining a house-club.
1888 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly May 618 The Porcellian and A.D. Clubs are social organizations which reproduce on a small scale the great house clubs of large cities.
2. A club established by a business house or firm for its employees, often engaging in sports and competitions. Now chiefly historical.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > club > types of club
penny club1631
country club1679
soaking club1694
fire clubc1744
tea-circle1834
student union1843
Boys' Club1855
house club1893
tennis club1894
service club1898
book club1904
Darby and Joan club1942
1893 A. Sinclair & W. Henry Swimming (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) vi. 216 [In the life saving drill] Ravensbourne, a London house club, took second place, an unprecedented success in the history of ‘house’ clubs in a national competition.
1904 R. Thomas Swimming (rev. ed.) 41 House club [is] a term that came in about 1880 when large London business establishments..formed clubs..limited to those employed.
1998 N. Wigglesworth Social Hist. Eng. Rowing iv. 99 The Norwich Rowing Association in 1898..sought to regulate the boating of several ‘house’ clubs.
2004 R. Munting in C. Rawcliffe et al. Norwich since 1550 xviii. 445 Several business house clubs were formed in or around the 1880s..to provide recreation for employees.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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