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Brunny

Brunny proper noun: the Brunswick House, a well-known pub in Toronto which existed from 1876–2016.

Proper noun

the Brunny

  1. (historical, Toronto slang) The Brunswick House, a well-known pub in Toronto which existed from 1876–2016.
    • These are the people who you end up calling to help you move your stuff at the last minute, road trip with, or who look after you when you've been kicked out of the Brunny for vomiting on the bar.2010 September 27, Caro Kronlachner, “Why I Row”, in The Varsity, volume CXXXI, number 4, Toronto, Ont.: Varsity Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17
    • While we may have graduated to cocktail parties and sophisticated soirées since those hazy varsity days, those of us who went to school in the city were not above a visit to the Brunny – or at least a fervent opinion of the place.2015 November 27, Cliff Lee, “Three talking points before saying goodbye to Toronto’s Brunswick House”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Origin of Brunny

Clipping of Brunswick + -y.

Questions about Brunny

What does Brunny mean?
Brunny means the Brunswick House, a well-known pub in Toronto which existed from 1876–2016.
What part of speech is Brunny?
Brunny is a proper noun.

Words near Brunny in the dictionary

  1. Brunnian braid
  2. Brunnian braids
  3. Brunnian link
  4. Brunnian links
  5. Brunning
  6. Brunny
  7. Bruno
  8. brunogeierite
  9. brunoise
  10. brunoised
  11. brunoises

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