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Pennsy

Pennsy proper noun: a nickname for the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Proper noun

Pennsy

  1. (dated) A nickname for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
    • [page 32, caption] Pennsy's postwar Q2 employed the duplex-drive layout to ease the main-rod load and improve steam distribution on what otherwise would have been the 4-10-4 wheel arrangement.
    • [page112] The role of unifying the insolvents into a truly national system fell to U.S.-born and Pennsy-trained Sir Henry Thornton (who went to Canada via the Long Island and England's Great Eastern).1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., pages 32, 112

Origin of Pennsy

Clipping of Pennsylvania influenced by -y.

Questions about Pennsy

What does Pennsy mean?
Pennsy means a nickname for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
What part of speech is Pennsy?
Pennsy is a proper noun.

Words near Pennsy in the dictionary

  1. Pennoyer
  2. Pennsatucky
  3. Pennsauken
  4. Pennsburg
  5. Pennsville
  6. Pennsy
  7. Pennsyltucky
  8. Pennsylvania
  9. Pennsylvania Avenue
  10. Pennsylvania barn
  11. Pennsylvania barns

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