bodega
noun/boʊˈdeɪɡə/
Frequency rank: #16,536 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A small neighborhood grocery store, often open late and found on urban street corners.
Example sentence
She stopped at the corner bodega to grab milk and a newspaper before heading home.
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