nineteenth hole

noun Informal.

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

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Origin:
1900–05

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nineteenth hole

—n
	slang golf the bar in a golf clubhouse

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

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Main Entry:	nineteenth hole
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	a bar in a golf clubhouse, set to be used after completing a round of golf

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nineteenth hole definition

n.
a place to buy an alcoholic beverage after a golf game. (Likely to be filled with golfers who have played eighteen holes of golf.) : I hit a hole-in-one on the first hole and went straight to the nineteenth hole to celebrate.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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