Dogpatch

American  

[dawg-pach, dog-] / ˈdɔgˌpætʃ, ˈdɒg- /

Or dogpatch

noun

1. a poor rural community in the U.S., especially in the South, whose inhabitants are unsophisticated and have little education.

   He acts like he's been raised in a Dogpatch.

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adjective

1. noting or pertaining to such a community, or a person who lives there.

   a Dogpatch hoedown.

Etymology

Origin of Dogpatch

From the name of a fictional hamlet in “Li'l Abner,” a comic strip by Al Capp

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Example Sentences

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Dogpatch

Mark Lampert and his daughter came to a campaign event in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco over the weekend, hoping to get a chance to meet the Burbank congressman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

Patch O'Furr, proprietor of the furry news site Dogpatch Press, tells The Daily Beast that many of the same people spreading bogus furry rumors are the same people agitating to ban books they don't like.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2022

The art collectors Andy and Deborah Rappaport, who founded the Minnesota Street Project gallery complex in Dogpatch, are the ICA SF’s leading and most closely involved funders.

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2021

Instead of quaint Sesame Street-style neighborliness, I was now living in Dogpatch, a former dockyard where massive, hulking warehouses and factories had rapidly converted into glossy condos.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2021

A lawsuit was filed in Newton County Circuit Court against his company, Great American Spillproof Products, the official owner of the 400-acre Dogpatch property.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2019

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