Bronx

[ brongks ]

/ brɒŋks /

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.

OTHER WORDS FROM Bronx

Bronx·ite, noun

“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

Bronx

/ (brɒŋks) /

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