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San Francisco Bay

noun

A bay of the Pacific in western California.

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Etymology of 'San Francisco Bay'

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"San Francisco Bay" Quotes from Famous Books

... more common. 2. /n./ After the original Peter Korn 'Boinkon' {Usenet} parties, used for almost any net social gathering, e.g., Miniboink, a small boink held by Nancy Gillett in 1988; Minniboink, a Boinkcon in Minnesota in 1989; Humpdayboinks, Wednesday get-togethers held in the San Francisco Bay Area. Compare {@-party}. 3. Var of 'bonk'; ...

— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0

... started in the San Francisco Bay area on the evening of November 22, 1896, when hundreds of people going home from work saw a large, dark, "cigar-shaped object with stubby ...

— The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects • Edward Ruppelt

... method the founding of Indian missions round which, in due course, should arise towns intended to afford harbor for Spanish ships and to serve as outposts against the steady encroachments of Russia, who, from Alaska, was reaching out toward San Francisco Bay. ...

— Two Years Before the Mast • Richard Henry Dana

... rate; but inasmuch as he was going to lay the Chehalis up in Oakland Creek, owing to lack of business, when I offered him a load of redwood he concluded to take it, just to keep the vessel moving and pay expenses. I stipulated discharge in San Francisco Bay. ...

— Cappy Ricks • Peter B. Kyne

Words linked to "San Francisco Bay" : Pacific Ocean, embayment, bay, San Francisco, pacific