Aunt Emma
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Noun
[edit]Aunt Emma (plural Aunt Emmas)
- A boring, unadventurous croquet player.
- 1966, David Miller, Rupert F. Thorp, Croquet and how to Play it, page 130:
- A battle of Aunt Emmas may not only take at least as long as before — since the innings will change hands so frequently — but it may be even less enjoyable.
- 1989, Jack R. Osborn, John C. Osborn, Croquet: The Sport, page 148:
- Playing against an Aunt Emma can be tedium itself, for he lowers the game to a search-and-destroy exercise. But nothing is worse than two Aunt Emmas on a single court. Croquet is a game of confrontation, rewarding courage and faith. Two cowards attempting to have sport with one another is not croquet.