CLUB (organization)
NOUNS
1789 ► CASINO a club-house; a public room used for social meetings; a public music or dancing saloon
1821 ► JOINT a dirty, cheap, or disreputable nightclub or restaurant → colloq.
1871 ► DIVE a disreputable nightclub or drinking-den → sl., orig. US
L19.. ► DESERT a ladies-only club → UK society usage
1900 ► SPOT a nightclub, but can signify any popular place such as Harlem, the Village, or Hollywood → African-American sl.
1927 ► GYP FLAT a club, bar, etc. where the unwary will be swindled → Amer. sl.
1927 ► GYP JOINT a club, bar, etc. where the unwary will be swindled → Amer. sl.
1930 ► CAB JOINT a nightclub to which patrons would be steered, were they to request such a place, by a complaisant cab-driver → sl., orig. US
1930 ► CARPET JOINT an up-market nightclub → US sl.
1932 ► CLIP-JOINT a club, bar, etc. that charges exorbitant prices → sl., orig. US
1934 ► NIGHTERY → NITERIE a nightclub → US sl.
1950 ► AFTER-HOURS an after-hours club, bar, or restaurant → US sl.
1950 ► CLUB CRAWLING a moving from nightclub to nightclub → Amer. sl.
1980 ► SPOT an after-hours club → African-American sl.
1987 ► TRADIES a tradesmen’s club → Aust. sl.
2004 ► SHUSHING the work of keeping people quiet on the street outside a nightclub → UK sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1883 ► BOUNCER a person, usually a strong man, employed to maintain and restore order in a club, bar, restaurant, or performance → US sl.
1945 ► MOIST PAD FROM TRINIDAD a foreign nightclub operator → jive sl. (Bk.)
1975 ► TAB-LIFTER a nightclub customer → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1985 ► CLUB KID a young person who frequents nightclubs, esp. dressing and behaving in a provocative or extreme manner or style → US
2000 ► FEATURED DANCER a sex club performer whose appearance at the club is advertised and who travels from club to club → US sl.
2004 ► SHUSHER a person who is employed to keep people quiet on the street outside a nightclub → UK sl.
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