English Explanatory Dictionary

Mudville

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An unincorporated community in Brazos County, Texas, United States.
  2. A neighbourhood of the town of Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
  3. Used allusively to designate the world of baseball, often with reference to a particular team and the disappointment felt after an unexpected loss.

Word forms

Mudville

Etymology

(baseball): From the name of the fictional setting of the 1888 baseball poem Casey at the Bat.

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