big smoke en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Australia, uncountable) Any large city.
I got a transfer in my bank job and on the first day on the job in the big smoke I had to share a teller's box with a young lady called Kim, a real spunk and my future wife.
1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 82:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the big smoke | canonical | lexicographic |