ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Club-walking

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Club-walking is a noun meaning (historical) An annual procession, usually held on Whitmonday, of members of a sick club, common in British villages in the nineteenth century.

Meaning

(historical) An annual procession, usually held on Whitmonday, of members of a sick club, common in British villages in the nineteenth century.

Example Sentences

`What's that?' said Durbeyfield. `Not on account o' I?' `'Tis the women's club-walking, Sir John. Why, your daughter is one o' the members.'

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include walk, hoppings, boxwalking, walkalong, dogwalking, carting.

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