Dogpatch

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Any community inhabited by hillbillies.
  2. 2
    An abandoned theme park in Arkansas.
  3. 3
    A neighborhood of San Francisco, California.

    "As the start-up took off, they opened an office in Dogpatch, and moved into a house big enough for their growing family in the Marina, a pricey neighbourhood where pastel-coloured terrace houses look over the Golden Gate."

Example

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"As the start-up took off, they opened an office in Dogpatch, and moved into a house big enough for their growing family in the Marina, a pricey neighbourhood where pastel-coloured terrace houses look over the Golden Gate."

Etymology

From dog + patch, the fictional setting of Al Capp's comic strip Li'l Abner.

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