Aunt Emma

English

Proper noun

Aunt Emma

1. Synonym of Miss Emma (“the drug morphine”)

Noun

Aunt Emma (plural Aunt Emmas)

1. A boring, unadventurous croquet player.
   • 1966, David Miller, Rupert F. Thorp, Croquet and how to Play it, page 130:

     A battle of Aunt Emmas may not only take at least as long as before — since the innings will change hands so frequently — but it may be even less enjoyable.

   • 1989, Jack R. Osborn, John C. Osborn, Croquet: The Sport, page 148:

     Playing against an Aunt Emma can be tedium itself, for he lowers the game to a search-and-destroy exercise. But nothing is worse than two Aunt Emmas on a single court. Croquet is a game of confrontation, rewarding courage and faith. Two cowards attempting to have sport with one another is not croquet.