bush leaguer

American  

[boosh lee-ger] / ˈbʊʃ ˌli gər /

noun

1. Also called busher.  Baseball.

   1. a player in a minor league.

   2. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of bush leaguer

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

A veteran bush leaguer making about $700 a few months of the year.

From New York Times

Now you quit seeing this seventy-five-dollars-a-month bush leaguer or leave this house.

From Project Gutenberg