单词 | kiwanis club |
释义 | > as lemmasKiwanis Club In full, Kiwanis Club. A society of business and professional men formed in Detroit in 1915 for the maintenance of commercial ethics, and as a social and charitable organization; any similar society formed later elsewhere in the U.S.A. or in Canada. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > specific business or professional association Kiwanis Club1921 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 16 Mar. 5/4 An initiation ceremony for the purpose of welcoming into the organization three new members took place at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis Club yesterday. 1922 Collier's 29 Apr. 5/2 It had a civic association, and Rotary, Kiwanis, and Lion Clubs. 1948 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 30 Mar. 3/1 A class of older girls recently entertained the local Kiwanis club. 1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 5 Jan. (1970) 30 We drove to the little house in Johnson City.., which we are having restored as a Community Center, where, hopefully, 4-H youngsters or the PTA, or Kiwanis, or Lions, or ladies' groups, or whatever can hold their meetings. 1972 Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner 3 Nov. 1/2 Alaska Attorney General John Havelock analyzed and approved the moral basis of Alaska's Oil Legislation in an address before a joint Kiwanis banquet here last night. < as lemmas |
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