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Dogpatch, n. U.S.
Brit. |ˈdɒgpatʃ|, U.S. |ˈdɔgˌpætʃ|, |ˈdɑgˌpætʃ|
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
[‹ Dogpatch, the name of an impoverished rural community in the comic strip Li'l Abner by ‘Al Capp’ (Alfred Gerald Caplin, 1909–79); compare quot. 1946.]
(The type of) an unsophisticated, impoverished rural community.
1946Eng. Jrnl. 35 388/2 It might seem that L'il Abner, age eighteen, who signs his paper ‘Writ by hand’ is no funnier than the L'il Abners in every classroom forced to remain forever in Dogpatch. 1951N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 6 May 9/2 The heroine is sultry young Fancy Williamson, fresh out of Dogpatch to make her fortune among the quality. 1976N.Y. Times 11 Feb. 1/5 Many Northerners used to think of the states below the 37th parallel as a vast Dogpatch fit only for the nation's amusement and contempt. 1992D. Krane & S. Shaffer Mississippi Governm. & Politics i. 20 The ‘Dogpatch’ character of county life stems from the poverty of the land and enormous resistance to change. 2004Brandweek 21 June s12/2 In the 1960s, Mountain Dew was a hillbilly brand. TV ads showed rowdy cartoon characters in some dogpatch. |