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quincy
/ˈkwɪnsi/
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What does quincy mean?
noun
- A kind of dry white wine made from Sauvignon blanc grapes grown near Quincy in the Loire valley.
proper noun
- A surname from Old French.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
More meanings (23)
proper noun
- A female given name.
- A commune in Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
- A census-designated place, the county seat of Plumas County, California. Originally named Quinsy.
- A city, the county seat of Gadsden County, Florida.
- A city, the county seat of Adams County, Illinois.
- A township in Adams County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Taylor Township, Owen County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community and township in Adams County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community and township in Greenwood County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Kentucky.
- A city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
- A township and village therein, in Branch County, Michigan.
- A township in Houghton County, Michigan.
- A township in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Hickory County, Missouri.
- A village in Miami Township, Logan County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Oregon.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
- A city in Grant County, Washington.
- Synonym of Dickinson, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
- A town and ghost town therein, in Adams County, Wisconsin.
noun
- (obsolete, slang) A toilet: a fixture for urination and defecation, particularly (humorous) as a personification of the device.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkwɪnsi/
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QUINCY--I think you forget how much we who deal chiefly in new books are at the mercy of the publishers.
My friend Quincy Kilby, of Brookline, Mass., saw the same stunt performed by workmen at the Meridan Brittania Company's plant.
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Mr. Quincy labored hard with the governor to obtain his assent, but he was obstinate.
We did not, we could not here forget our venerable neighbor of Quincy.
Another woman doing wonderful work at this time was Mrs. Quincy Shaw, who had recently started her day nurseries for the care of tenement children whose mothers labored by the day.