Bronx

[ brongks ]

/ brɒŋks /

noun

the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).

a cocktail of gin, sweet and dry vermouth, and orange juice.

Examples from the Web for bronx

“We saw his background and he was a Bronx guy and we started breaking the case,” Boyce says.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Then came Bess Myerson, a daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants who was raised in the Sholem Aleichem Houses in the Bronx.
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America?|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“You can imagine the sound of that gun on a Bronx street,” Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce says.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

But that would now have to be put on hold because he had been shot in the Bronx.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Blaine repeated his assurances, and Morrow returned to the Bronx with considerably lightened spirits.
The Crevice|William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
She is nothing like the Bronx, for she is more than twice as large; and you have already seen some service on her deck.
A Victorious Union|Oliver Optic
Then he, too, departed, setting his face in the direction of the Bronx.
Sixes and Sevens|O. Henry
I asked him where that jungle was where he was captured alive, and he said it was on Washington Avenue in the Bronx.
Roy Blakely, Pathfinder|Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Amory's suggestion was that they should each order a Bronx, mix broken glass in it, and drink it off.
This Side of Paradise|F. Scott Fitzgerald

British Dictionary definitions for bronx

Bronx

/ (brɒŋks) /

noun

the Bronx a borough of New York City, on the mainland, separated from Manhattan by the Harlem River. Pop: 1 363 198 (2003 est)

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Word Origin and History for bronx

Bronx

named for Jonas Bronck, who settled there in 1641.

Jonas Bronck, who arrived at New Amsterdam in 1639, and whose name is perpetuated in Bronx Borough, Bronx Park, Bronxville -- in New York -- was a Scandinavian, in all probability a Dane and originally, as it seems, from Thorshavn, Faroe Islands, where his father was a pastor in the Lutheran Church. Faroe then belonged to Denmark-Norway and had been settled by Norwegians. The official language of the island in Bronck's days was Danish. ... Bronck may have been a Swede if we judge by the name alone for the name of Brunke is well known in Sweden. [John Oluf Evjen, "Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674," Minneapolis, 1916]

Bronx cheer first recorded 1929.

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