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biggy

American  
[big-ee] / ˈbɪg i /

noun

Slang.
  • biggies
    plural
  1. biggie.


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Etymology

Origin of biggy

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; big 1 + -y 2


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He was up against one of the biggies, and this particular biggy was tired of ambitious little Vacuum Tube Transport.

From Mercenary by Lloyd Birmingham

This is just a taste, and I’ve undoubtedly missed some biggies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

That’s the point and the collective effect of the Sherman Act and the Clayton Act, the two biggies in the field.

From Slate ● May 24, 2024

While I’d want copies of the Bible, Plato, Dante, Shakespeare and Proust — the biggies of western literature — I’m too much of a sybarite to restrict myself to classics.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2022

As you enter it, music by Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Count Basie and other jazz biggies plays.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2018

You know—if you’re one of the real biggies, you carry a vibro.

From Unwise Child by Randall Garrett

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