bush leaguer

[ boosh-lee-ger ]
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noun
  1. Also called busher. Baseball.

    • a player in a minor league.

    • an incompetent player who behaves or plays as if they belonged in a minor league.

  2. a person who performs at an inferior level or in an inferior manner.

Origin of bush leaguer

1
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

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