Antedating of "Windy City"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, Dennis Baron wrote:

> Is there anything in the rest of the context of these cites to nail
> down the meaning of windy city, ie does it in fact come from windy
> politicians, as all my Chicago we-know-more-than-you-silly New
> Yorkers-do relatives insist, or meteorological wind? Or what?

I didn't see any etymologically revealing context in the citations.  I
assume the phrase is just a straightforward reference to meteorological
windiness.

Fred Shapiro


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