nineteenth (hole)

nineteenth (hole)
   the bar at a golf club
   The first eighteen involve striking a ball and walking after it. Occasionally the nineteenth may where you drink other than in the clubhouse, or what you drink:
    We finished the eighteen holes and went back to the castle for the nineteenth. (D. Francis, 1996)

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  • nineteenth hole — Informal. the clubhouse or any other place where golfers gather after play to relax, talk, or have a drink. [1900 05] * * * …   Universalium

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  • Nineteenth hole — bar in a golf clubhouse …   Dictionary of Australian slang

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  • nineteenth hole — noun humorous the bar in a golf clubhouse, as reached after a round of eighteen holes …   English new terms dictionary

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