clubhouse

[ kluhb-hous ]

/ ˈklʌbˌhaʊs /

a building or room occupied by a club.

a building or area used for social or recreational activities by occupants of an apartment complex, institution, etc.

an athletic team's dressing room.

Origin of clubhouse

First recorded in 1810–20; club + house

Rivera encountered Steinbrenner in the clubhouse, and the owner asked the closer whether they were going to win.

Speed Read: Highlights From Mariano Rivera’s Memoir, ‘The Closer’ |Ben Teitelbaum |May 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
If you want to become a member at The Clubhouse, you first have to introduce yourself via email to Pierre.

The Secret Speakeasies of Buenos Aires |Jeff Campagna |February 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The consul was a keen golfer, so Cunningham ostentatiously visited the clubhouse with his clubs and an overnight bag.

Week in Death: The Woman Who Cracked Hitler’s Codes |The Telegraph |November 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In the clubhouse afterward, Ruth was naturally exultant over his 60th homer.

Babe Ruth’s Summer of Records |Bill Bryson |September 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The boys at Augusta National have finally taken the “No Girls Allowed” sign off the clubhouse door.

Augusta’s Weird Culture War Ends With Membership for Rice, Moore |Michelle Cottle |August 21, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Later she returned to the clubhouse to find her party assembled on an inclosed porch, chatting and partaking of refreshment.

The Call of the Canyon |Zane Grey
He did not go ashore again until he landed, at half-past ten, at the clubhouse.

The Queen's Cup |G. A. Henty
Later others came in, evidently villagers who made a sort of a clubhouse of the place.

The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers |Claude A. Labelle
Then I will have the scene shifted instantly, so that the audience will be looking into the Yale clubhouse.

Frank Merriwell's New Comedian |Burt L. Standish
It was late in the afternoon, and darkness had fallen by the time I reached the clubhouse where we were staying.

Theodore Roosevelt |Theodore Roosevelt

clubhouse

/ (ˈklʌbˌhaʊs) /

the premises of a sports or other club, esp a golf club