Wimpey may refer to:
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Wimpey Homes
George Wimpey was a British construction firm. Formed in 1880 and based in Hammersmith, it initially operated largely as a road surfacing contractor. The business was acquired by Godfrey Mitchell in 1919, and he developed it into a constructio ...
, a defunct housebuilding company based in England
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Taylor Wimpey, housebuilding company based in England
Wimpy may refer to:
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J. Wellington Wimpy
J. Wellington Wimpy, generally referred to as Wimpy, is one of the characters in the comic strip '' Popeye'', created by E. C. Segar and originally called ''Thimble Theatre'', and in the ''Popeye'' cartoons based upon the strip. Wimpy debuted ...
, a hamburger-loving character from the Popeye cartoons
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Wimpy (restaurant)
Wimpy is a fast-food chain that was founded in the United States. It found its success internationally, mainly in the United Kingdom and South Africa. It has changed between being a table-service establishment and counter-service establishment ...
, a chain of hamburger restaurants, named after the cartoon character
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Mr. Wimpy (character) cartoon character created for brand promotion
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Mr. Wimpy (video game)
''Mr. Wimpy'', subtitled ''The Hamburger Game'', is a platform game released by Ocean Software in 1984 for the Oric 1, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, and Commodore 64. It was a promotional tie with the Wimpy restaurant chain, and the game includes the ...
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Wimpy's Diner
Wimpy's Diner is a Canadian chain of 51 restaurants in southern Ontario based on the 1950s- and 1960s-themed diners[About Us< ...]
, a chain of 1950s–1960s themed diners found in southern Ontario
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Wimpy P-1
Wimpy P-1 was the first registered Quarter Horse for the American Quarter Horse Association, or AQHA.
Life
Wimpy was foaled on the King Ranch in Kingsville, Texas on March 3, 1937.Beckman "Number One" ''Quarter Horse Journal'' March 1990 pp. 3 ...
(born 1937), first registered American Quarter Horse
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Luther "Wimpy" Lassiter (1918–2001), world-class American pool player known throughout his career by the Wimpy nickname
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Vickers Wellington
The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber. It was designed during the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey. Led by Vickers-Armstrongs' chief designer Rex Pierson; a key feature of the aircraft is its g ...
bomber aircraft, commonly known as the "Wimpy" amongst service personnel
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' is a 2007 children's novel by Jeff Kinney, the first of a series.
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William "Wimpy" Winpisinger (1924-1997), President of the
International Association of Machinists
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is an AFL–CIO/ CLC trade union representing approx. 646,933 workers as of 2006 in more than 200 industries with most of its membership in the United States and Canada.
Or ...
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Wimpy Operation
The Wimpy Operation ( ar, عملية الويمبي) was an attack on Israeli soldiers in Hamra, a neighbourhood in the west of the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 24, 1982 during the 1982 Lebanon War.Mermier, Franck. Commémorer la résist ...
in the 1982 Lebanon War
See also
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Wimp (disambiguation)
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