Club-walking

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  1. 1
    An annual procession, usually held on Whitmonday, of members of a sick club, common in British villages in the nineteenth century. historical, uncountable

    "`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.'"

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"`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.'"

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