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单词 foggy bottom
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Foggy Bottom


noun

a low-lying area bordering the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
Informal. the U.S. Department of State, whose office building is located in this area.

Words nearby Foggy Bottom

fogger, Foggia, fogging, fog gun, foggy, Foggy Bottom, foghorn, fog lamp, fog level, fog light, fogram
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Cultural definitions for Foggy Bottom

Foggy Bottom

A nickname for the United States Department of State, whose offices were built in a formerly swampy area of Washington, D.C., known as Foggy Bottom because of vapors rising from the swamp.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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