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Hogtown

/ ˈhɒɡˌtaʊn /

noun

  1. a slang name for Toronto

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Kennedy, who looks more like a dude you’d see astride a Harley in full leathers with “Hogtown” stenciled on the back than like a policy wonk, was making the argument that the vast majority of the homicides in cities were gang-related, driven by beefs and score-settling, and that the perpetrators were not sociopaths but rational actors who were looking for a way out of the cycle of violence and revenge they found themselves trapped in.

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Andy, please call on us anytime for help translating between Hogtown and the Big Apple, or if you need someone to explain why NYC subway riders always block the doors.

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Now Anderson and Ernest Hemingway appear as supporting characters in “Hogtown,” the second film in a planned trilogy.

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Shot for the most part in shimmering black and white, “Hogtown” flaunts its cinematic influences as well.

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“Hogtown” plays like a find from a forgotten archive.

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