Zola Budd

/ (bʌd) /

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noun

Southern African informal a minibus taxi

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Word Origin for Zola Budd

C20: after Zola Budd maiden name of Zola Pieterse (born 1966), South African athlete

Words nearby Zola Budd

Zohar, zoic, zoisite, zol, Zola, Zola Budd, Zola, Émile, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, Zollner illusion, Zollverein, Zoloft

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How to use Zola Budd in a sentence

Okay, not everything in this book meets the standards of realism as practiced by Balzac and Zola.
What are the Best Novels on Music?|Ted Gioia|October 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Germinal by Émile Zola My favorite reportorial 19th-century novel.
Pulitzer Winner Jennifer Egan’s PEN Festival Book Bag|Jennifer Egan|April 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Well, I thought The Tall T worked well because Budd Boetticher was the director and he knew how to make a no-nonsense Western.
The Elmore Leonard Interview|Allen Barra|April 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Movies about literary lions and lionesses—The Life of Emile Zola (1937) and Out of Africa (1985)—took home the gold statue.
'The Artist,' 'Hugo,' and the History of Movies About Movies|Stephen Farber|December 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Nor does Mr. Henry James, who in the case of the last-named novel comes to his help against Zola, much mend matters.
The Nabob|Alphonse Daudet
"I'm going to help take care of you, too," said Mr. Budd, and June smiled at him with shy gratitude.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine|John Fox, Jr.
While he runs Zola close as a realist, his thoughts and language are as pure as those of Miss Yonge herself.'
The Talking Horse|F. Anstey
Neither Budd nor the sergeant asked the nature of the trouble, for either could have guessed what it was.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine|John Fox, Jr.
The two turned back across the bridge and Hale went on to Budd's office to do what he was setting out to do when young Dave came.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine|John Fox, Jr.