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plural bodegas
A storehouse for maturing wine, a winery. examples
A store specializing in Hispanic groceries. examples
(informal, New York) Any convenience store. quotations examples
He […] finds himself looking across the street, at a little bodega on the corner.
2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 83
(informal, Southwestern US) Any small or medium-sized shop with a unique facade in a shopping center plaza, usually located in the center or the sides of the plaza. (Does not include the anchor tenant of the shopping center, as they are usually referred to as the anchor.) examples
(Philippines) A warehouse; a storeroom quotations examples
Copra as brought into town from the plantations in bull carts is hauled to the door of his bodega, and the sale is negotiated.
1925, Everett D. Gothwaite, Trade in Philippine Copra and Coconut Oil, page 51
They allowed Filipinos to go inside the bodega of the Central and get all the sugar they needed.
1958, Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Philippines, page 413
Under the law, that is sufficient, and they make it clear that the value or the purchase prices is ₱100,000, and the bank is compelled under this proviso to accept the ricemill or bodega as sufficient collateral.
1960, Philippines. Congress (1940-1973). Senate, Republic of the Philippines Congressional Record