hiking club
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- A couple of times, it was with friends, and on rare instances, it was on an organized hiking club outing.
- a local hiking club
Examples
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Every weekend, I go on a hike with my hiking club to discover new trails.
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I found a hiking club that met every Sunday.
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TCS: I'm doing a story about the hiking club for my website.
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No doubt you'll get better advice if you hook up with one of the local hiking clubs in the area.
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Most hiking clubs, from Allentown to York and beyond, do not permit dogs on hikes unless specifically mentioned in the hike description.
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A gentleman in a Hawaiian shirt passes us on the trail, and we wonder if he is part of a new Jimmy Buffett hiking club (he passes us again as we head home on Central Ave).
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Joining a local hiking club is a great way to meet new friends and explore nature.
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Our hiking club organizes group hikes to different national parks throughout the year.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an organized group that goes hiking' is directly and transparently composed from 'hiking' (walking in the outdoors) + 'club' (an association that meets for activities). This straightforward noun+noun compounding follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words should readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The term hiking club comes from a simple picture: people who like to hike (walk in nature) form a club (a group that meets). That's why today it means 'an organized group of people who meet regularly to go hiking together'.