bush league

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nounBaseball.

Origin of bush league

1
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

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Other definitions for bush-league (2 of 2)

bush-league
[ boosh-leeg ]

adjective
  1. inferior or amateurish; mediocre: a bush-league theatrical performance.

Origin of bush-league

2
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

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How to use bush league in a sentence

  • Neither is it some bush-league Johnny-come-lately gathering with C-list speakers and a shoe-string budget.

  • The great Ty Cobb first made them "sit up and take notice" in a bush league.

    Certain Success | Norval A. Hawkins
  • That didn't give him any license to unload bush-league stuff for the rest of his career, did it?

    Torchy and Vee | Sewell Ford
  • The first day we was out for practice they was a young outfielder from a bush league and Mgr.

    The Real Dope | Ring Lardner
  • But I do think that in one respect New York is in the bush league, so to speak.

    Homeburg Memories | George Helgesen Fitch
  • “Al” nodded knowingly, and the whole thing was a pantomime, a wordless play, that made Sumurun look like a bush-league production.

    Pitching in a Pinch | Christy Mathewson