Big Smoke
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Big Smoke Festival is part of South Facing's summer of open-air concerts in London.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2025
It may sound like they have disappeared from the Big Smoke - but have they?
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2021
Although unbeaten in their last five league matches, Aston Villa's record in the Big Smoke is not good this year.
From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2012
For both Big Oil and Big Smoke, that playbook is lethally simple: Don't straight up refute the science, just raise skepticism, and insist that the findings are "unsettled" and that "more research" is necessary.
From Time • Oct. 4, 2011
"Umph!" said Big Smoke, "me damn poor preacher."
From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth)
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