subcircle

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ circle.

Noun

subcircle (plural subcircles)

  1. A lesser circle.
    • 2008 March 17, Susan Dominus, “Near Rubble, Regulars Miss Regular Bar”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
      If the building hadn’t been reduced to a pile of rubble, he’d have been there on Sunday, too, for what he called family night: a small dinner with a subcircle of the regulars, often potluck. Mr. Shuff would bring his “auntie’s red rice”; the super and his wife from a building next to Fubar would bring a roast or some deviled eggs.

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