big smoke
Any large cityAny large city.
» Tom grew up in a one-horse town and was overwhelmed when he moved to the big smoke.
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1 senses(Australia, uncountable)Any large city.
Examples
1 sentencesTom grew up in a one-horse town and was overwhelmed when he moved to the big smoke.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.