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bogeyland

bogeyland noun: part of the terrain of a golf course, or (figurative) a situation, that leads to a player achieving no better than a bogey.

Noun

bogeyland (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Part of the terrain of a golf course, or (figurative) a situation, that leads to a player achieving no better than a bogey.
    • Even worse than the sand, though, was the grassy bank that comes down between the bunkers, where the rough was so thick it amounted to bogeyland.2009 June 20, Charles Mcgrath, “Where Golf's Best Looked Their Worst”, in New York Times

Origin of bogeyland

From bogey + -land.

Questions about bogeyland

What does bogeyland mean?
Bogeyland means part of the terrain of a golf course, or (figurative) a situation, that leads to a player achieving no better than a bogey.
What part of speech is bogeyland?
Bogeyland is a noun.

Words near bogeyland in the dictionary

  1. bogey man
  2. bogey men
  3. bogeyed
  4. bogeying
  5. bogeyism
  6. bogeyland
  7. bogeyman
  8. bogeymen
  9. bogeypeople
  10. bogeyperson
  11. bogeypersons

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