jockey club
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈdʒɑːki klʌb/
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club de jockey
- She'd hardly laid eyes on Rhett at the big party given by the Jockey Club after the races.
- Maryland Jockey Club
- Jockey Club Gold Cup
- Kong Jockey Club
Examples
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The Jockey Club insists on unique names.
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Today he’d lunched at the Jockey Club, and while he waited for a table, he’d started chatting with an older couple.
Fiction book (1991) -
But he is a member of the Jockey Club.
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I've a mind to report you to the Jockey Club.
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The Kentucky Jockey Club is one of my favorite juvenile races because it allows us to watch potential Kentucky Derby horses run at Churchill Downs.
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The Jockey Club regulates all horse racing events to ensure fair competition.
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Members of the Jockey Club often plan charity events to support equine welfare.
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The Jockey Club sets strict guidelines for trainers to follow during races.
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an organization established to promote and regulate horse racing' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'jockey' (a professional who rides horses) with 'club' (an association), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to an association for jockeys/horse racing. This compositional noun+noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular formation rules, making the MWE immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Jockey club comes from groups of horse riders called jockeys who met as a club to set rules and run races. So today it means an organization that 'promotes and regulates horse racing'.