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 ballpark ballpark /ˈbɔlˌpɑːrk/

noun

  1. () [ N. American] (baseball) a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)  ( ballpark [ N. American] , park )
    (baseball) a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)
      Take me out to the ballpark
    take me out to the ballpark
  2. Near to the scope or range of something  ( approximate range , ballpark )
    near to the scope or range of something
      His answer wasn't even in the right ballpark
    his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark


 Townsend Harris Townsend Harris /ˈtaʊnzɛnd ˈhærɪs/

noun

  1. United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)  ( Harris , Townsend Harris )
    United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)


 Dustin Hoffman Dustin Hoffman /ˈdʌstɪn ˈhɑːfmən/

noun

  1. Versatile United States film actor (born in 1937)  ( Dustin Hoffman , Hoffman )
    versatile United States film actor (born in 1937)


 old maid old maid /oʊld meɪd/

noun

  1. () An elderly unmarried woman  ( spinster , old maid )
    an elderly unmarried woman
       The kind-hearted old maid cared for orphaned children with love and compassion.
    The kind-hearted old maid cared for orphaned children with love and compassion.
  2. A card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or 'old maid')  ( old maid )
    a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or 'old maid')
      My siblings always teased me when I ended up with the old maid card during our game nights.
    My siblings always teased me when I ended up with the old maid card during our game nights.
  3. The loser in a game of old maid  ( old maid )
    the loser in a game of old maid
  4. Commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers  ( Cape periwinkle , Catharanthus roseus , cayenne jasmine , Madagascar periwinkle , old maid , periwinkle , red periwinkle , rose periwinkle , Vinca rosea )
    commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
  5. Any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads  ( old maid , old maid flower , zinnia )
    any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads


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