bush leaguer

[ boosh lee-ger ]

noun

1. Also called busher. Baseball.
   1. a player in a minor league.
   2. an incompetent player who behaves or plays as if they belonged in a minor league.
2. a person who performs at an inferior level or in an inferior manner.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bush leaguer¹

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

A veteran bush leaguer making about $700 a few months of the year.

From New York Times

Now you quit seeing this seventy-five-dollars-a-month bush leaguer or leave this house.

From Project Gutenberg