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bush league
noun
Baseball
.
minor league.
Origin:
1905–10,
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bush-league
/
ˈbʊʃˌlig
/
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[
b
oo
sh
-leeg
]
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adjective
inferior or amateurish; mediocre:
a bush-league theatrical performance.
Origin:
1905–10,
Americanism
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bush league
1908, from
bush
in the slang sense of "rural, provincial," which originally was not a value judgment.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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