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- noun The state or quality of being
clubby , of resembling a small, selective group
Etymologies
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Examples
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I mean, I love the place and it's taught me a lot, but it has, perhaps inevitably, a certain clubbiness.
Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves Roger Sutton 2007
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In other words, the problem is the very "clubbiness" cited in the article.
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In other words, the problem is the very "clubbiness" cited in the article.
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"clubbiness" in the interests of partisan survival, get ready to see just how impenetrable the
Canada Free Press 2009
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"clubbiness" in the interests of partisan survival, get ready to see just how impenetrable the
Canada Free Press 2009
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"clubbiness" in the interests of partisan survival, get ready to see just how impenetrable the
Canada Free Press 2009
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When Rajaratnam was snared, an article in the Daily Beast promptly talked about "the insularity" of desis on Wall Street, the "ethnic clubbiness."
Sandip Roy: "Every Bloody Indian Cooperated to Nail Me": The "Betrayal" of Raj Rajaratnam Sandip Roy 2011
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A preliminary look at the data indicates that the administration, oft criticized for an all-guy clubbiness, hasn't done much recently to improve that image.
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The Bush administration's apparent clubbiness with conventional energy interests has undermined the GOP's once-proud legacy on environmental causes.
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One gets the feeling that Reid, in a moment of White guy clubbiness with two other White guys nosing around for political gossip, felt comfortable enough around similarly-skinned peers to keep it real.
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