Dogpatch

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Dogpatch

1. Any community inhabited by hillbillies.
2. An abandoned theme park in Arkansas.
3. 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.