Brunny

English

Etymology

Clipping of Brunswick + -y.

Proper noun

the Brunny

2. (Toronto slang, historical) The Brunswick House, a well-known pub in Toronto which existed from 1876–2016.
   • 2010 September 27, Caro Kronlachner, “Why I Row”, in The Varsity, volume CXXXI, number 4, Toronto, Ont.: Varsity Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17:

     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.

   • 2015 November 27, Cliff Lee, “Three talking points before saying goodbye to Toronto’s Brunswick House”, in The Globe and Mail‎^[1], Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 December 2023:

     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.

   • 2017 February 17, Laura Beeston, “The Brunny gets corporate facelift, but Rexall vows to maintain building's charm”, in Toronto Star‎^[2], Toronto, Ont.: Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 December 2023:

     Previous to this corporate facelift, "The Brunny" was many things in its 141-year history: a watering hole for the working class, the "poor man's Granite Club," host to unconventional events and weddings, a venue for jazz and blues acts, the site of a so-called "lesbian riot" and where University of Toronto students went on Frosh Week.

See also

• Maddy (“Madison Avenue Pub”)