Wimpy
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Wimpy could refer to:
- J. Wellington WimpyJ. Wellington WimpyJ. Wellington Wimpy, generally referred to as Wimpy, is one of the characters in the long-running comic strip Popeye, created by E. C. Segar and originally called Thimble Theatre, and in the Popeye cartoons based upon the strip...
, a hamburger-loving character from the Popeye cartoons - Wimpy (restaurant), a chain of hamburger restaurants, named after the cartoon character
- Wimpy P-1Wimpy P-1Wimpy P-1 was the first registered Quarter Horse for the American Quarter Horse Association, or AQHA.-Life:He was foaled on the King Ranch in Kingsville, Texas on March 3, 1937. However, the original application listed his foaling date as April 3, 1937, and the original stud books gave his foaling...
, the first registered American Quarter Horse - Luther "Wimpy" LassiterLuther LassiterLuther Lassiter , born Luther Clement Lassiter, Jr. and nicknamed Wimpy, was a world-renowned American pool player from Elizabeth City, North Carolina...
, a world-class American pool player known throughout his career by the Wimpy nickname - George WimpeyGeorge WimpeyGeorge Wimpey was formed in 1880 and, based in Hammersmith, operated largely as a road surfacing contractor. The business was acquired by Godfrey Mitchell in 1919 and he developed it into the UK’s pre-eminent construction and housebuilding firm. In 2007, Wimpey merged with Taylor Woodrow to create...
, a housebuilding company based in England, now part of Taylor WimpeyTaylor WimpeyTaylor Wimpey plc is one of the largest British based housebuilding companies. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index... - The Vickers WellingtonVickers WellingtonThe Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, long range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R. K. Pierson. It was widely used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, before being displaced as a...
bomber aircraft was commonly known as the "Wimpy" amongst service personnel - Short for Diary of a Wimpy KidDiary of a Wimpy KidDiary of a Wimpy Kid is a realistic fiction novel by Jeff Kinney. It is the first book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. The book is about a middle-school child named Greg Heffley and his struggles in middle school. Greg also had problems with his best friend, Rowley Jefferson. The books focuses...