17 August 2016
bodega
[boh-dey-guh; Spanish baw-th e-gah]
noun, plural bodegas [boh-dey-guh z; Spanish baw-th e-gahs]
1. (especially among Spanish-speaking Americans) a grocery store.
2. a wineshop.
3. a warehouse for storing or aging wine.
Origin of bodega
Spanish Latin; American Spanish, Spanish; Latin apothēca storehouse; see apothecary
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Examples from the Web for bodega
Contemporary Examples
The very next day, Walmart de Mexico authorized five bribes totaling $221,000, including a $52,000 bribe for the bodega Aurrera.
Walmart’s Dirty Dealings
The Daily Beast
December 17, 2012
Hernandez still did not become a suspect when he quit working at the bodega one month later and moved back to New Jersey.
Why Pedro Hernandez Confessed to Killing Etan Patz
Michael Daly
May 31, 2012
Casa Bruja’s Fula Farmacia Blond Ale sells for $1.95 at bodega Mi Amiga.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama
Jeff Campagna
November 29, 2014
bodega Mi Amiga is the largest liquor store in the country—and the oldest, dating back to 1959.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama
Jeff Campagna
November 29, 2014
Historical Examples
Presently, away off in the fog, he heard the bodega whistle.
Captain Scraggs
Peter B. Kyne
There is no more cholera in bodega Central than there is in heaven!
Carmen Ariza
Charles Francis Stocking
Me, I don’t feel like drownin’ in that engine room or gettin’ cut in half by the bow o’ the bodega or the Aphrodite.
Captain Scraggs
Peter B. Kyne
They are fleeing to the bodega to get the rifles and ammunition!
Carmen Ariza
Charles Francis Stocking
“Fernando sends Juan to bodega Central at daybreak,” the old man said.
Carmen Ariza
Charles Francis Stocking
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Today’s quote
Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.
– Epicurus
On this day
17 August 1786 – birth of Davy Crockett, American frontiersman, King of the Wild Frontier. Died 6 March 1836.
17 August 1896 – Bridget Driscoll becomes the first car accident fatality after being run over by a Benz car in the grounds of the Crystal Palace, London, England.
17 August 1908 – the world’s first animated cartoon, Fantasmagorie by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris.
17 August 1970 – Russia launches the Venera 7 spacecraft, which becomes the first man-made object to land on Venus (15 December 1970)
17 August 1980 – Azaria Chamberlain is reported missing at Ayers Rock, Northern Territory. Initially it was claimed that a dingo took her. In 1982, her mother, Lindy Chamberlain was tried for murder. Her husband, Michael, was charged for being an accessory after the fact. After three years in prison, Lindy was released after a piece of the baby’s clothing was found near a dingo’s lair. In 2012, a coroner confirmed the Chamberlain’s version of events that a dingo had taken Azaria.
17 August 1987 – death of Rudolf Hess, prominent Nazi politician who served as Deputy Fuhrer under Adolf Hitler. In 1941, Hess flew solo to Scotland in an effort to negotiate peace after being ignored by Hitler in various plans associated with the war. The flight was not sanctioned by Hitler. Hess was taken prisoner and charged with crimes against peace. He served a life sentence and remained in prison until his death. Born 26 April 1894.