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Definition of Foggy bottom
1. Noun. United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foggy Bottom
Literary usage of Foggy bottom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daytrips Washington, D. C.: 50 One-Day Adventures in Washington, Virginia by Earl Steinbicker (1999)
"Immediately to the west lies foggy bottom, once a desolate tract known as ...
At the end of the walk you can return from the foggy bottom stop on the same ..."
2. Transactions of the Section on Preventive Medicine and Public Health of the by American Medical Association Section on Preventive Medicine and Public Health, American Medical Association (1909)
"My predecessor showed me an average every summer of over 000 cases of typical
malaria in that foggy bottom. I did not know anything about Italy's great ..."
3. Neglected Neighbors: Stories of Life in the Alleys, Tenements and Shanties by Charles Frederick Weller, Eugenia Winston Weller (1909)
"Such new structures as the Convention Hall erected by the Daughters of the American
Revolution are now redeeming "foggy bottom" from its characteristic ..."
4. A History of the National Capital from Its Foundation Through the Period of by Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan (1916)
"6, 1859), foggy bottom, in the vicinity of the south end of New Hampshire
Avenue (The Star, Aug. 1, 1859), Chicken Cock Hill, north of the capital ..."
5. Computational Biology: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science edited by Conrad Burns (1996)
"As I was listening to the other testimony I was reminded of an experience I had
this morning when I was standing in the foggy bottom Metro station. ..."
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