Dogpatch
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From dog + patch, the fictional setting of Al Capp's comic strip Li'l Abner.
Proper noun
[edit]Dogpatch
- Any community inhabited by hillbillies.
- An abandoned theme park in Arkansas.
- A neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
- 2023 May 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, “So long, San Francisco”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 1:
- As the start-up took off, they opened an office in Dogpatch, and moved into a house big enough for their growing family in the Marina, a pricey neighbourhood where pastel-coloured terrace houses look over the Golden Gate.