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Winnipeg|ˈwɪnɪpɛg|
The name of the capital of Manitoba, Canada, used attrib. in Winnipeg couch, a couch convertible into a double bed.
1954S. M. Russell Living Earth 233 He sat on the Winnipeg couch that stood at one end of the room. 1962J. Onslow Bowler-Hatted Cowboy viii. 74 Beneath an old army blanket I drowsed to sleep on my Winnipeg couch. 1973B. Broadfoot Ten Lost Years xiii. 153 A couch, one of those Winnipeg couch things in the living room.
Hence ˈWinnipegger, a native or inhabitant of Winnipeg.
1882G. M. Grant Picturesque Canada I. 288 Winnipeggers..never make comparisons with any city smaller than Chicago. 1936Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4) x. 549 Richmonder, Winnipegger, Montrealer, Lynner. 1971J. Gray Red Lights ii. 27 They watched Winnipeggers frantically planting trees all over the place. |