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Muddy (Little) York

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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Toronto, Ont., formerly York, Upper Canada.

See: Little York(and note)

Quotations

1853
At a recent sederunt of the civic daddies of Muddy Little York, this magnificent luminary of the North American continent thus expressed himself: "I look upon Editors as a contemptible set, and do not care for any of them."
1958
His family emigrated to Toronto, known then as "muddy York," about 1818, where his father set up as a wine merchant.
1965
. . . he wrested the leadership of the old Family Compact from the Anglican Tories of muddy York and made it into the Conservative party.