Aunt Emma

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

   Synonyms: Miss Emma

plural Aunt Emmas

1. A boring, unadventurous croquet player.

   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.

   1966, David Miller, Rupert F. Thorp, Croquet and how to Play it, page 130

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   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.

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