lidia
[lid-ee-uh; Spanish lee-th yah]
- (in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
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Origin of lidia
1890–95; < Spanish: bullfight
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Examples from the Web for lidia
Contemporary Examples
Italian-American Lasagna by Lidia Bastianich A dense meat sauce makes this lasagna the poster child for hearty lasagnas.
Lidia Bastianich Lidia Bastianich is a cookbook author, restaurateur, and one of the best-loved chefs on television.
She is the chef/owner of New York restaurants Felidia, Becco, Esca, and Del Posto, and Lidia's in Kansas City and Pittsburgh.
Historical Examples
Lidia, or as they called her Lida, talked more to Byelokurov than to me.
The Darling and Other StoriesAnton Chekhov
Margaret and Lidia are out all the time and continually wetting both feet and all over.
William Clayton's JournalWilliam Clayton
Rumours have reached me that Lidia Stahievna is going to be married par depit.
Letters of Anton ChekhovAnton Chekhov
I come not to be thank'd, sir, for the speedy Performance of my promise touching Lidia: It is effected.
The Plays of Philip MassingerPhilip Massinger
From that I understood that, like Lidia Ivanovna's husband, the former artillery officer was an exile.
Our Little Cossack CousinF. A. Postnikov