A clubbish set. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It may also be that, eventually at least, the Litblog Co-op was perceived as a too narrowly-constituted, "clubbish" sort of group. From Wordnik.com. [Statement of Purpose] Reference
No one would issue such a direct order, but cloaked in silence is intent, and in a system of "clubbish" cronyism, accomplishment of inferred intent is richly rewarded. From Wordnik.com. [Speaking the Unspeakable] Reference
Some of the most stylish female stars, however, began to shun the event as stuffy and clubbish. From Wordnik.com. [Academy Bashes, 1929 to Now] Reference
Just before we left the cafe for the concert, a group of clubbish sort of guys speaking Spanish sat down at the table next to us. From Wordnik.com. [Good for a Kick-off in K-town - Cafe Bohemian] Reference
I know I'm in the minority here, but I approve in general terms of the clubbish nature when taken in context of the larger checks and balances of the entire system. From Wordnik.com. [A Health Care Role for Hillary - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
Equally unnecessary was Gehman's habit of referring to O'Keefe as "Sean," a clubbish mannerism that led people to conclude, erroneously, that the two men were friends. From Wordnik.com. [Columbia's Last Flight] Reference
No one would issue such a direct order, but cloaked in silence is intent, and in a system of “clubbish” cronyism, accomplishment of inferred intent is richly rewarded. From Wordnik.com. [Speaking the Unspeakable] Reference
I think it would be very interesting, though, for him to take note of the fact that he has this sort of a clubbish, this clubbish, this frat boy mentality that permeates his program. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2007] Reference
But this album is as experimental (only track #14, Triumph of a Heart sounds the most commercial-ish, clubbish like) as it gets and even for Björk's fans, it will be quite the departure. From Wordnik.com. [Björk Medúlla] Reference
We see glimmers of that in some machinima projects, like Red v Blue or in Flash-shorts like Homestar Runner, a clubbish sense of ownership by its fans that turn them into relentless marketers of the net-art. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: May 23, 2004 - May 29, 2004 Archives] Reference
Ian Hamilton was an exemplary British soldier of the old Victorian army, a small, professional force whose gentlemen officers lived in a clubbish, colonial world, undergirded by the plucky courage of common British soldiers. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
He railed at his daughter Susan for being chubby (he wanted her to be as sleek and blond and country-clubbish as the daughters of his neighbors), criticized his son Ben for being a sissy, and seemed to love only his youngest child, Federico (born in Italy). From Wordnik.com. [John Cheever's Cruel Paradoxes] Reference
But that's how the clubbish DC elite seem to see him, and in his willingness to ignore Libby's culpability in the situation and the penalty he should most assuredly pay having been found guilty by a jury of his peers Bauer shows himself to be yet another DC lawyer with little regard for the judicial process that has managed to be successfully carried out despite tremendous opposition from those it threatens. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Hamsher: Pardoning Scooter Libby -- Still a Bad Idea] Reference
Fraud is the clubbish knave, and Usury the hard-hearted knave. From Wordnik.com. [A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6] Reference
He entered the City's ranks just before his 40th birthday, and his social skills took him to the heart of the still clubbish financial community. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
This approach has helped him to achieve welcome institutional comity in the clubbish Texas Senate, as well as constructive results on important issues. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
The venture is at once new and familiar, a clubbish offering from Geoffrey Zakarian, the silverback gorilla of Midtown hotel restaurateurs, who was, in 1989, the original chef at 44. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Because Freemasonary increasingly attracted upwardly mobile professionals, it seemed clubbish and aristocratic, stirring resentment among the country folk who swarmed to the Antimasons. From Wordnik.com. [AmericanHeritage.com] Reference
NY-19: Conservative Rep.blicans who've been looking for an alternative to the country-clubbish Nan Hayworth as a challenger to Democratic Rep. John Hall may have found someone to fit that bill. From Wordnik.com. [Swing State Project] Reference
For at night and during the day, the Lambs Club in 2010 does not recall 44 so much as it does the heyday of another clubbish restaurant on 44th Street devoted to the twin joys of celebrity and soothing luxury: the now-shopworn if still-beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
What care I for waking a sort of clubbish louts?. From Wordnik.com. [A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2] Reference
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