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Dogpatch

Dogpatch proper noun: any community inhabited by hillbillies.

Proper noun

Dogpatch

  1. Any community inhabited by hillbillies.
  2. An abandoned theme park in Arkansas.
  3. A neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
    • 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.2023 May 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, “So long, San Francisco”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1
    • Another startup employee, who came to San Francisco to work for an early-stage AI company, showed me dismal photos from his office: a two-bedroom apartment in the Dogpatch, a neighborhood popular with tech workers.2026 February 17, Arielle Pardes, quoting unnamed startup employee, “12-hour days, no weekends: the anxiety driving AI’s brutal work culture is a warning for all of us”, in The Guardian, →ISSN...

Origin of Dogpatch

From dog + patch, the fictional setting of Al Capp's comic strip Li'l Abner.

Questions about Dogpatch

What does Dogpatch mean?
Dogpatch means any community inhabited by hillbillies.
What part of speech is Dogpatch?
Dogpatch is a proper noun.

Words near Dogpatch in the dictionary

  1. dogpaddled
  2. dogpaddles
  3. dogpaddling
  4. dogpark
  5. dogparks
  6. Dogpatch
  7. dogpile
  8. dogpiled
  9. dogpiler
  10. dogpilers
  11. dogpiles

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