club car
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club car
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From club + car. The golf cart sense (sense 2) is by informal (and mostly colloquial) genericization of the trade name Club Car.
noun club cars
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A railroad car that serves in the manner of a club (lounge), offering drinks, snacks, background music, and sometimes meals.
Near-synonyms: buffet car, refreshment car (broadly synonymous)
Similar: buffet car, refreshment car
- A golf cart. We'll take the ferry to the island, and when we get off the ferry, we'll rent a club car and drive into town.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see club, car; for example, one of the cars owned by a car club member. Several club cars were in the cruise on Sunday. Clubmembers Joe and Jane Worthington brought their Packard, and Tom Smith brought his Plymouth.
Talk about this word "club car." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/club%20car. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. club car. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/club%20car "club car." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/club%20car.Cite this
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title = {club car},
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