Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (US) Cincinnati, Ohio.

1897		Iron Molders’ Jrnl XXXIII 160: Nap introduced him to me as an old mate of his who had lately settled down in ‘Cinci’.
1899		J. Flynt Tramping with Tramps 392: CINCIE: Cincinnati.
1905		H. Green Actors’ Boarding House (1906) 127: I knows him in Cincy (Cincinnati).
1914		R. Lardner ‘Horseshoes’ in Coll. Short Stories (1941) 254: First trip to Cincy we run into a couple of Ishpeming boys.
1921		P. & T. Casey Gay-cat 302: Cincie—Cincinnati.
1925		J. Tully Beggars of Life 13: I met Frisco Red in Cincy.
1935		J. Conroy World to Win 88: I seen a purty boy looked just like you say in the jungle outside Cinci.
1942		N. Algren Never Come Morning (1988) 233: ‘Send the scumble-bug down for a Cincy-Ky’ [...] Snipes returned with the bucket of Cincinnati beer and a pint of Kentucky whisky.
1949		Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn) 51: cincie Cincinnatti.
1951		Green & Laurie Show Biz from Vaude to Video 567: Cincy – Cincinnati.
1961		C. Himes Pinktoes (1989) 16: Say, man, ain’t you from Cincinnati [...] Yeah, man, I’m from Cincy.
1962		Ragen & Finston World’s Toughest Prison 794: cinci – Cincinnati, Ohio.
1979		‘Iceberg Slim’ Airtight Willie and Me 198: I was away doing a singing gig in Cincy.
2006		www.makecincinnatiweird.com 🌐 Celebrating the unique and different in Cincy and keeping things off-balance since 2004. A town with quirks has got its perks!

2. attrib. use of sense 1.

1930		G. Milburn Hobo’s Hornbook 35: There was Hypo Gann and Lefty Moran, / Cincy Dutch and Old Pa Crutch.
1949		F. Brown Dead Ringer 61: If the regular Cincy papers carried it, she didn’t notice.