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SLATE CLUB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slate club mean?
• SLATE CLUB (noun)
The noun SLATE CLUB has 1 sense:
1. a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas)
Familiarity information: SLATE CLUB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("slate club" is a kind of...):
club; gild; guild; lodge; order; social club; society (a formal association of people with similar interests)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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