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tim hortons

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables
tim hor-tons
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Canadian multinational fast food restaurant chain.

Etymology

The business was founded by Tim Horton (1930–1974), a Canadian hockey player. The chain's first store opened on May 17, 1964, in Hamilton, Ontario, under the name Tim Horton Donuts; the name was later abbreviated to Tim Horton's and then, in 1993, changed to Tim Hortons without the possessive apostrophe, to better fit the French-speaking market in Québec.

Inflected Forms

Tim Hortonses (plural) Tim Horton's (alternative, colloquial)

Derived Forms

Timbit

Frequently Paired Words

Starbucks McDonald's

Synonyms

Horny Tim's Hortons TH TH's Timmies Timmy Ho-Ho's Timmy Hortons Timmy Ho's Timmy's Tim's Tims Tim Whoreton's

Questions

What does tim hortons mean?
A Canadian multinational fast food restaurant chain.
Where does tim hortons come from?
The business was founded by Tim Horton (1930–1974), a Canadian hockey player. The chain's first store opened on May 17, 1964, in Hamilton, Ontario, under the name Tim Horton Donuts; the name was later abbreviated to Tim Horton's and then, in 1993, changed to Tim Hortons without the possessive apostrophe, to better fit the French-speaking market in Québec.

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