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Quad-City

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See also: Quad City

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Quad-City

  1. attributive form of Quad Cities
    • 1931, The Motorman, Conductor and Motor Coach Operator, page 24:
      The clean and efficient manner in which the street car employes have gone about their task of acquainting the public with the disastrous effects of this “pick-up” policy, not only upon the legitimate revenue of the street car company, but of the danger threatening the jobs and earning power of many hundreds of Quad-City citizens, has rallied to their support the overwhelming majority of the fair-minded people of the community, []
    • 1969, Illinois: Guide & Gazetteer, Rand McNally & Company, →LCCN, page 475:
      Silvis is a Quad-City suburb bursting at its seams.
    • 1982, Frederick I. Anderson, Quad Cities: Joined by a River, Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, →ISBN, page 221:
      Formerly associated with Bi-State Metropolitan Planning Commission, he is a researcher on many aspects of Quad-City history, culture and architecture.