bottle club

noun

: a club serving patrons previously purchased or reserved alcoholic drinks after normal legal closing hours

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Cohen and Skiles sold out in 1949 to Cookie and Bill McKinney, who turned it into what may have been San Antonio’s first bottle club to get around the Texas law against selling liquor by the drink. Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Sep. 2021 Phan was issued violations for an unlicensed bottle club, violating executive and emergency orders, and obstructed egress, among others. Lauren Del Valle and Anna Sturla, CNN, 2 Jan. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bottle club was in 1935

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“Bottle club.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottle%20club. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.

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