nineteenth hole

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nounInformal.
  1. the clubhouse or any other place where golfers gather after play to relax, talk, or have a drink.

Origin of nineteenth hole

1
First recorded in 1900–05

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British Dictionary definitions for nineteenth hole

nineteenth hole

noun
  1. golf slang the bar in a golf clubhouse

Origin of nineteenth hole

1
C20: from its being the next objective after a standard 18-hole round

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