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noun Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.

a main road or highway.

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My friend and I are planning to drive through on this big road trip this summer, and if we’d missed that and showed up at the gate and not been allowed in, we would have been mad.
Amber Share turned negative reviews of national parks into an art form|Stephanie Merry|May 27, 2021|Washington Post
They had left the big road and turned into a level plain which had formerly been an old meadow.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Brer Rabbit, he come a-lippity-clippitin' 'long de big road, en he aint got no waggin full er money.
Nights With Uncle Remus|Joel Chandler Harris
They are now within four miles of us, on the big road to Baton Rouge.
A Confederate Girl's Diary|Sarah Margan Dawson

The Engineer connected with each District Office usually has charge of laying out big road projects.
Our National Forests|Richard H. Douai Boerker
He wouldn't know a big story if he ran into it on the big road—it would have to burst right in his face before he recognized it.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm|Irvin S. Cobb