Definitions
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- proper noun Canada, informal A
nickname for the city ofToronto . - proper noun US, informal A nickname for
Chicago , Illinois.
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Examples
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"It is that typical Toronto mentality that assumes whatever people in Hogtown think is what Canadians think."
the needy friend 2005
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It is that typical Toronto mentality that assumes whatever people in Hogtown think is what Canadians think.
the needy friend 2005
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"Hogtown" and "The Big Smoke" seem to have gone the way of the buggywhip, though.
we're number two 2005
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That contributed a splendid spirit of comradeship, so that today we hear no facetious remarks from Torontonians -- in regard to the inflated aspirations of our good friends in Hamilton; and they will not permit any thing to be said along the lines of Toronto being known as "Hogtown"; and so today we can congratulate Hamilton once again on having produced another distinguished citizen.
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(* Hogtown being one of Toronto's nicknames, for the non-locals.) (Also, working on real posts, promise!) posted by kittenpie @ 12: 05 PM
Wordless Wednesday: Lords of Hogtown* kittenpie 2008
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(* Hogtown being one of Toronto's nicknames, for the non-locals.) (Also, working on real posts, promise!) posted by kittenpie @ 12: 05 PM
Archive 2008-12-01 kittenpie 2008
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Tell me if you know differently (or "different," as we say in Hogtown).
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At Hogtown 's carnivore breakfast mecca, chef Geoffrey Hopgood wraps brined hams in wet hay then cooks them sous-vide, before finishing them on a griddle.
Hay: It Chris Nuttall-Smith 2010
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It brings back memories of Hogtown, the pre-AC days, the splashing in the creek.
Heatmaggedon 2010
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The room is jammed with lawyers and reporters; the only ordinary person I've seen is a Hogtown guy taking his teenage daughter on a trip on the Oregon Trail, with the oil disaster being a stop along the way.
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