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
Big Smoke wore the head of a wolf with cow's horns set over the ears.
From The Perils of Pauline by Goddard, Charles
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