English Dictionary

Definition of “the Big Smoke”

the Big Smoke

And with my new skills I might even consider abandoning my Northern roots and coming back down to the Big Smoke.

Sun, News of the World (1999)

Here in the Big Smoke , the market and the newly slimmed-down investment business could take just as long.

Globe and Mail (2003)

The occasion was a farewell to the antique-Jaguar driving Greg Pratt, who is packing up his pencils and heading to the Big Smoke of Sydney.

Misc (1999)

Pumped Up

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Take the heat

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Going Postal

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PC

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Put the squeeze on

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Catch-Wrestling

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