"club-walking" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} club-walking (uncountable)
  1. (historical) An annual procession, usually held on Whitmonday, of members of a sick club, common in British villages in the nineteenth century. Tags: historical, uncountable
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