Snor City, noun phrase

/snɔr ˈsɪti/
Origin:
Afrikaans, EnglishShow more Afrikaans snor moustache + English city; named for the supposed preponderance of men wearing moustaches in Pretoria (now Tshwane).
colloquial
A nickname given to the city of Pretoria (now Tshwane).
1987 Cosmopolitan Dec. 168Other aliases are Snor City (there’s a ‘total onsnort’ of moustachioed men), and Spark Plug (NGK) Country. ‘Pretoria,’ said a retired clerk living in Irene, ‘is Sodom and Gomorrah in a cloak of respectability.’
1990 Weekly Mail 4 May 23When the police..start shouting at the dogs through loudhailers in the roof, the associations with Snor City, our capital, will send extra shivers down a Johannesburger’s back.
1993 N. Johnston on CCV TV 8 Apr. (Toyota Top 20)The tour comes to an end in good old Snor City — Pretoria.
A nickname given to the city of Pretoria (now Tshwane).
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