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They talked

At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics.

Tennyson.

He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original
members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been
called the Literary Club, but which has always disclaimed
that epithet, and still glories in the simple name of the
Club.

Macaulay.

4. A joint charge of expense, or any
person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.

They laid down the club.

L'Estrange.

We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings
for our part of the club.

Pepys.

Club law, government by violence; lynch
law; anarchy. Addison. -

Club moss (Bot.), an evergreen
mosslike plant, much used in winter decoration. The best know
species is Lycopodium clavatum, but other Lycopodia
are often called by this name. The spores form a highly
inflammable powder. -- Club root
(Bot.), a disease of cabbages, by which the roots
become distorted and the heads spoiled.


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