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Queen City
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
Toronto, Ontario.
See: Queen City of the West(def. 2)
Quotations
1852
Out of respect to an enlightened humanity, notwithstanding the influence of fogeys and foggieism, I am compelled once more to return to the social geniality of the "Queen City."
1887
. . . in the presence of the peach-blow complexion, brilliant eyes and juno-like form of our Queen City girls, they fade into positive homeliness.
1958
[He went] to the Queen City where he made a home large enough to accommodate four or five boarders and his wife and three children.
1963
In 1921. . . University of Toronto . . . "swamped" the McGill Redmen . . . by 11 to 0 in a sudden-death game at the Queen City.
2
Regina, Saskatchewan.
Quotations
1892
Winnipeg is known as "The Prairie City"; Regina as "The Queen City."
1957
Moose Jaw . . . was years ahead of the Queen City when it built its warm-water natatorium and it was not until the post-World War II era that Regina caught up with the construction of out-door pools.
3
Victoria, B.C. Also Queen City of British Columbia.
Quotations
1900
Of course, the Queen City has its Chinatown, its parks, and its share of good hotels, just like Vancouver.
1908
. . . over at our right the Queen City of British Columbia, Victoria, the city of eleven lakes. . . .