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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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