Little League

noun

: a commercially sponsored baseball league for boys and girls from 8 to 12 years old
Little Leaguer noun

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But Waterbury manager Victor Cuevas saw positives in his team’s run, the first time the city had fielded a Little League team since 2008. Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025 Canton Little League is picking up trash and bringing it to the dump for a $20 donation. Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 17 July 2025 Growing up, organized Little League Baseball was a major asset to community life, as a park was located on all four corners of the intersection of the Metra tracks and 144th Street in Riverdale’s Ivanhoe section. Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025 Mark Walker coached the Bombers along with T-ball and Little League teams, his mother said. Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for Little League

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Little League was in 1939

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“Little League.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Little%20League. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.

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