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Definition of Slate club
1. Noun. A group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas).
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slate Club
Literary usage of Slate club
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1875)
"It is, therefore, little matter for wonder that many such The slate club, ...
In certain classes of public-houses, a slate club is a recognised part of ..."
2. People's Co-operative Banks: For Workers in Towns, and Small Holders by Henry C. Devine (1908)
"slate club Scandals.—The following is an extract from a leading article in the
London Evening News and Mail which appeared at Christmas time, ..."
3. People's Co-operative Banks: For Workers in Towns, and Small Holders by Henry C. Devine (1908)
"slate club Scandals.—The following is an extract from a leading article in the
London Evening News and Mail which appeared at Christmas time, ..."
4. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1889)
"A fair sample of them, because it is a very small one, is a London slate club of
twenty-seven members that lately came under my notice. ..."
5. The Economic Review by Christian Social Union (Great Britain), Oxford University Branch (1902)
"slate club or Loan Society. A slate club admits the vicious principle of a
share-out at Christmas ; a Loan Club has the curious rule that members are fined ..."
6. Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth (1902)
"The Congregationalists of Camberwell Green Church have a branch in Waterloo Street
which, apart from mothers' meetings and a very large slate club, ..."
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