bush league
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inferior or amateurish; mediocre: a bush-league theatrical performance.
Origin of bush-league
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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. HawkinsThat didn't give him any license to unload bush-league stuff for the rest of his career, did it?
Torchy and Vee | Sewell FordThe first day we was out for practice they was a young outfielder from a bush league and Mgr.
The Real Dope | Ring LardnerBut 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
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