the Bronx
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3.9
- proper noun
- /ðə brɒŋks/
- US
:
Yankees
- And they're roaring in the Bronx.
- the Bronx Bombers
- Yankees in the Bronx
Examples
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This seems to coincide with the collapse of the Bronx Bombers and the Mets.
Blog text (23) -
- No, no, no, no, I know you since you were selling shit-piss needle beer in the Bronx, and you're still the same.
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Just then, the Bronx express came thundering through...
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In 1937, the Blues were purchased and became an affiliate of the Yankees, and so the name was changed to Ruppert Stadium after the Bronx Bombers' owner.
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The guarded optimism of July turned into a hope of maybe taking the second wild card, then to the excitement of catching the Rangers, then of getting past the Tigers and Verlander, taking on the Yankees in the Bronx and getting to the World Series.
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You might have commendations up the ying-yang in the Bronx or New York... or wherever the hell it is you're from, but this is Miami, pal, where you can't even tell the players without a program.
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Although the offense didn't suffer from his absence last night, if the Bronx Bombers want to play in October, they'll need the switch hitter back in the lineup sooner rather than later.
Blog text (23) -
Although not as elegant and universal as Mariano Duncan's rallying cry during the 1996 season, this year's version of the Bronx Bombers has done just fine relying on their powerful lineup.
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"As an example of the secondary meaning overwhelming the first, Conway mentioned the widespread habit among New Yorkers of referring to Yankee Stadium during George Steinbrenner's reign as the Bronx Zoo."
Fiction book (1995) -
The Yankees played a thrilling game last night, showing their true spirit in the Bronx.
Synonyms
247
2.6
A baseball team from New York City
Surface Forms
Morphology
the + Bronx
Knowing 'the' and 'Bronx' only gives the literal place (the borough). The specific metonymic use to mean the New York Yankees, their organization, or their fans depends on cultural/sports knowledge rather than composition of the constituent words, so a B1 learner would not reliably derive that meaning from the parts alone.
Etymology
The Bronx is often used to mean the New York Yankees because the team's home, Yankee Stadium, is in that part of the city. So people sometimes say 'the Bronx' to mean the team, its organization, or its fans.