Definitions
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- proper noun metaphor A
utopian setting, such as a small town; a perfect place to live. - adjective metaphor, of a place
utopian ; perfect for dwelling
Etymologies
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Examples
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MAYBERRY -- McDowell County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested three people in connection to an alleged beating and shooting of a Mayberry resident.
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Did you ever notice that no one … no one in Mayberry is married???
Think Progress » Florida Lawmaker Attempts To Deny Tax Credit To Movies Filmed With Gay Characters 2010
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'Thelma Lou' finds a happy new life in 'Mayberry': MOUNT AIRY, N.C. -- On the drive home from the Los Angeles airport, there was a particular billboard along La Cienega Boulevard that always gave Betty Lynn a chuckle.
Archive 2007-10-07 Bill Crider 2007
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'Thelma Lou' finds a happy new life in 'Mayberry': MOUNT AIRY, N.C. -- On the drive home from the Los Angeles airport, there was a particular billboard along La Cienega Boulevard that always gave Betty Lynn a chuckle.
Return to Mayberry Bill Crider 2007
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Thank you President Obama, from everyone in Mayberry and every little town in America.
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Mayberry is the fictional town from The Andy Griffith Show.
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Lots of us loved you in Mayberry, and in Happy Days, and we know you're a great director.
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Rory Mayberry is a former subcontractor employee for First Kuwaiti Trading & Contracting Company, which was contracted by the US State Dept. to build the $600 million US Embassy in Iraq.
Boing Boing 2007
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The road reminds you so strongly of the opening credits to the old black and white television episodes of The Andy Griffith Show that I suspect we may live in Mayberry (the town historically credited isn't that far away).
Dragon Claws? deep_bluze 2004
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I'm just your back-fence neighbor in Mayberry, out there in overalls, sidlin 'over to the fence to chat: Howdy neighbor!
Oh, get a room! 2004
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