Meanings
- A neighbourhood of the town of Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
- Used allusively to designate the world of baseball, often with reference to a particular team and the disappointment felt after an unexpected loss.
Origin
(baseball): From the name of the fictional setting of the 1888 baseball poem Casey at the Bat.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Mudville. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mudville
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