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Big Apple

British  

noun

  1. informal New York City

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Big Apple

C20: probably from US jazzmen's earlier use to mean any big, esp northern, city; of obscure origin

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