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Golden Horseshoe

American  

noun

Canadian.
  1. the urban and agricultural area surrounding Toronto.


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The William & Mary freshman just happened to be playing in the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate hosted by the Tribe.

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2023

One could get thrown in jail or even purchase a Frontierland landmark such as the Golden Horseshoe.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2022

The cities in the so-called Golden Horseshoe around Toronto are also seeing strong inflows.

From Reuters • Jan. 13, 2022

My grandma would drag him and his brothers to the Golden Horseshoe strip mall in New Rochelle, New York, to go shopping: any young kid’s worst nightmare.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2019

There is some trouble out west—has been ever since there was a strike at that Golden Horseshoe mine in which dad invested so heavily last summer.

From The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds by Stratemeyer, Edward