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Dog Patch

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1946, OED Evaluation: U.S.

(The type of) an unsophisticated, impoverished rural community.

ExampleMeaning
But the- that was what the story used to be. Ah just- just like Dog Patch. And you know what? It was kind-of like Dog Patch. Everybody had a dog and a dog was running loose.
A wild, rural community.
ExampleMeaning
And Hornepayne was like Dog Patch. Ah, it was a pretty wild town.
A wild, rural community.