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Metro3 Canad.|ˈmɛtrəʊ|
[Abbrev. of metropolitan a. 2.]
The Metropolitan area of Toronto and other Canadian cities. Also attrib. or as adj.
1957Maclean's Mag. 17 Aug. 3/3 Metro chairman..said a Bloor Street subway would be a mistake; Metro would study others. 1962Time (Canad. ed.) 26 Jan. 10/2 Canada's second experiment with metropolitan government... The Metro [of Winnipeg] did not follow Toronto Metro's example. 1963J. N. Harris Weird World Wes Beattie (1964) xi. 138 The threat that the Metro Police would try it if the provincials didn't was sufficient to settle the matter. 1966Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 June 3/4 [He] faced an indirect challenge during the election campaign from a ginger group of eight Liberal in metro Winnipeg ridings. 1968Ibid. 5 Feb. 1/9 There were 25,000 [drunks] charged in Metro Toronto last year. 1970Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 35/2 (Advt.), This outstanding offer is good in Metro Toronto only. Ibid. 35/3 Metro-area delegates. 1975Globe & Mail (Toronto) 11 June 3/4 A Toronto criminal lawyer says Metro police have told him some members of the Rastafarian Brethren are walking time bombs as far as violent crime in Metro is concerned. |