used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
abductverbUS /æbˈdʌkt/
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
afternoonsnounUS /ˌæftərˈnuːnz/
plural of “afternoon” — the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We wouldn't think of spending time there if we could spend it at business.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading That's the difference between our clubs and yours.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading We wouldn't think of spending time there if we could spend it at business.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
caretakernounUS /ˈkerteɪkər/
a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
a boy or man
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
a person who is in charge
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
clubsnounUS /klʌbz/
plural of “club” — a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading That's the difference between our clubs and yours.
CommercialadjectiveUS /kəˈmɜːrʃəl/
connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We wouldn't think of spending time there if we could spend it at business.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
DeLancey
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From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading That's the difference between our clubs and yours.
don't
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From this reading We have clubs, but we don't use them.
remove the dust from
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
golfnounUS /ɡɑːlf/
a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have clubs, but we don't use them.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We wouldn't think of spending time there if we could spend it at business.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We wouldn't think of spending time there if we could spend it at business.
lonelier
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From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
engage in
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
many times at short intervals
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading That's the difference between our clubs and yours.
participate in games or sport
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
use up a period of time in a specific way
From this reading We wouldn't think of spending time there if we could spend it at business.
spendingnounUS /ˈspendɪŋ/
the act of spending or disbursing money
From this reading We wouldn't think of spending time there if we could spend it at business.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
That's
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From this reading That's the difference between our clubs and yours.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That's the difference between our clubs and yours.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We have clubs, but we don't use them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading We wouldn't think of spending time there if we could spend it at business.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading We wouldn't think of spending time there if we could spend it at business.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading We wouldn't think of spending time there if we could spend it at business.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
the act of using
From this reading We have clubs, but we don't use them.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have clubs, but we don't use them.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Nothing is lonelier on week days than our golf club, and one of the chief duties of the caretaker at the Commercial Club is to dust off the reading table.
week-day
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
wouldn't
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From this reading We wouldn't think of spending time there if we could spend it at business.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Sometimes DeLancey can abduct some busy young chap and make him play a round of golf on week-day afternoons, but not often.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading That's the difference between our clubs and yours.
