supper club
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈsʌpər klʌb/
- US
:
club de cena
- Last night, we enjoyed a meal and live music at a trendy supper club in the city.
- Dinner at a supper club
Examples
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With this ritual degradation, he was tipped generously and saved enough money to buy a popular supper club called the Pharaoh's Palace, featuring a nightly magic act, a comic, and some showgirls.
Fiction book (1996) -
It's the supper club.
Blog text (13) -
A restaurant, The Black Night... ...The Black Light, a bar, a supper club.
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After all, it was only a supper club several miles outside Madison.
Fiction book (1997) -
It's a supper club I own for some of the city's elite.
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I worked at a place in Wisconsin that was a young man's take on a supper club.
Blog text (13) -
Cyr were performing in like supper clubs and and whatnot.
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The place Roman wants you to meet her, Hermitage, it's Igor Dolokhov's supper club.
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Lee Henry and Bill Sapp had been operating The Top for 3 years when, in 1957, they thought that Columbus could support another supper club and began traveling around the country in search of inspiration.
Blog text (25) -
So much so that the fine folks of the Columbus Food League will soon open their own Polynesian-themed supper club—Grass Skirt.
Blog text (25)
Synonyms
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1.2
A place with music and dancing where people go at night
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1.6
A place open late at night with music and dancing where people buy drinks
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6.3
A place like a nightclub where people eat while they watch live singers and dancers
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3.6
A place open late for music, dancing, food and drinks
How Entertaining
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a straightforward composition of 'supper' (an evening meal) and 'club' (a venue for dining/entertainment), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a place where people eat supper and enjoy entertainment. While there are regional cultural specifics (e.g., a particular style of venue in some countries), the basic combinatory logic is standard and thus immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Supper club comes from early 20th-century places where people met to eat supper, the 'evening meal', and socialise in a private club, so imagine a small room with candles, food and live music. That's why a supper club today means a cosy restaurant or small nightclub where you 'dine' and enjoy 'entertainment' in the evening.