Aunt Emma

English Proper noun Aunt Emma en Miss Emma the drug morphine. Noun Aunt Emma A boring, unadventurous croquet player. en 1966 David Miller; Rupert F. Thorp Croquet and how to Play it 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. en 1989 Jack R. Osborn; John C. Osborn Croquet: The Sport 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. en eponyms