big smoken.

Brit.

/ˌbɪɡ ˈsməʊk/, U.S.

/ˌbɪɡ ˈsmoʊk/, Australian English

/ˌbɪɡ ˈsmoʊk/, New Zealand English

/ˌbɪɡ ˈsmʌuk/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., smoke n.

Etymology: < big adj. + smoke n.In sense 1 apparently originating in Australian Aboriginal pidgin English; see quots. 1848, 1857 at sense 1a. Sense 2 probably shows an independent development.

Originally Australian.

1. Australian and New Zealand.

a. With the. The largest settlement in a particular region, esp. a metropolis, ‘the big city’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in Britain > London

city1556

start1753

Cockaigne1818

the smoke1864

big smoke1898

1848 H. W. Haygarth Recoll. Bush Life Austral. 6 As he gradually leaves behind him the ‘big smoke’ (as the aborigines picturesquely call the town [sc. Sydney]), the accommodations become more and more scanty.

1857 F. de B. Cooper Wild Adventures 41 If you send him to the ‘Toom-virran’ (literally, ‘Big-smoke’, i.e., Brisbane), they will hang him!

1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 21 You want to get away amongst the spielers and forties of the big smoke?

1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ xxv. 330 I desired to know what brought him so far from the ‘big smoke’.

1968 Telegraph (Brisbane) 14 Aug. 54/1 He falls for a beautiful blonde who wants him to stay in the Big Smoke—but city life has no appeal.

1975 T. Schurmann Shop! 129 There were men from the city and the world outside, who returned to the big smoke every weekend and actually went to see the big games of football.

2000 E. Hunt et al. South Pacific 8 Errol left for the big smoke..when he bluffed his way through a physics degree.

b. gen. A city; a town.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun]

chestera855

burg1843

big smoke1965

1965 R. H. Conquest Horses in Kitchen 119 Toowoomba..had a population of about 22,000..but to Hoppy's amazed eyes it was the biggest Big Smoke in creation.

1973 W. Ihimaera Tangi xix. 70 I've just got in from Christchurch. From one big smoke to the other!

1985 D. McGill G'Day Country 66 When we were kids. Whakatane was the nearest Big Smoke.

2006 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 4 June The nearest big smoke is Albany.

2. Usually with capital initials. With the. London. In later use also denoting various other large industrial cities, esp. Toronto. Cf. smoke n. 1d.

ΚΠ

1853 Times 14 Dec. 9/6 When I came to consciousness I at first thought I was at home in the ‘the big smoke’; but gradually the truth forced itself upon me.

1889 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 14 Nov. 4/4 The New York Sun..goes on to declare that ‘some of her [sc. Chicago's] statesmen have prepared a bill..in hope of bamboozling [Congress] into believing that the Big Smoke is a good place in which to hold the world's fair’.

1917 E. Miller Diary 24 Apr. in Camps, Tramps & Trenches (1939) x. 61 My first day in ‘the Big Smoke’.

1955 B. Hill Boss of Britain's Underworld viii. 121 It would mean turning my back on London for good and all. It would mean good-bye to the Big Smoke.

1995 C. Bruneau After Angel Mill ix. 124 How lucky can a fella get, meeting a girl like you his first night in the Big Smoke?

2002 R. Gervais & S. Merchant Office: Scripts 7 The party animals from credit management are organising another wild night in the big smoke.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	big smoke
释义	big smoken. Brit. /ˌbɪɡ ˈsməʊk/, U.S. /ˌbɪɡ ˈsmoʊk/, Australian English /ˌbɪɡ ˈsmoʊk/, New Zealand English /ˌbɪɡ ˈsmʌuk/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., smoke n. Etymology: < big adj. + smoke n.In sense 1 apparently originating in Australian Aboriginal pidgin English; see quots. 1848, 1857 at sense 1a. Sense 2 probably shows an independent development. Originally Australian. 1. Australian and New Zealand. a. With the. The largest settlement in a particular region, esp. a metropolis, ‘the big city’. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in Britain > London city1556 start1753 Cockaigne1818 the smoke1864 big smoke1898 1848 H. W. Haygarth Recoll. Bush Life Austral. 6 As he gradually leaves behind him the ‘big smoke’ (as the aborigines picturesquely call the town [sc. Sydney]), the accommodations become more and more scanty. 1857 F. de B. Cooper Wild Adventures 41 If you send him to the ‘Toom-virran’ (literally, ‘Big-smoke’, i.e., Brisbane), they will hang him! 1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 21 You want to get away amongst the spielers and forties of the big smoke? 1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ xxv. 330 I desired to know what brought him so far from the ‘big smoke’. 1968 Telegraph (Brisbane) 14 Aug. 54/1 He falls for a beautiful blonde who wants him to stay in the Big Smoke—but city life has no appeal. 1975 T. Schurmann Shop! 129 There were men from the city and the world outside, who returned to the big smoke every weekend and actually went to see the big games of football. 2000 E. Hunt et al. South Pacific 8 Errol left for the big smoke..when he bluffed his way through a physics degree. b. gen. A city; a town. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] chestera855 burg1843 big smoke1965 1965 R. H. Conquest Horses in Kitchen 119 Toowoomba..had a population of about 22,000..but to Hoppy's amazed eyes it was the biggest Big Smoke in creation. 1973 W. Ihimaera Tangi xix. 70 I've just got in from Christchurch. From one big smoke to the other! 1985 D. McGill G'Day Country 66 When we were kids. Whakatane was the nearest Big Smoke. 2006 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 4 June The nearest big smoke is Albany. 2. Usually with capital initials. With the. London. In later use also denoting various other large industrial cities, esp. Toronto. Cf. smoke n. 1d. ΚΠ 1853 Times 14 Dec. 9/6 When I came to consciousness I at first thought I was at home in the ‘the big smoke’; but gradually the truth forced itself upon me. 1889 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 14 Nov. 4/4 The New York Sun..goes on to declare that ‘some of her [sc. Chicago's] statesmen have prepared a bill..in hope of bamboozling [Congress] into believing that the Big Smoke is a good place in which to hold the world's fair’. 1917 E. Miller Diary 24 Apr. in Camps, Tramps & Trenches (1939) x. 61 My first day in ‘the Big Smoke’. 1955 B. Hill Boss of Britain's Underworld viii. 121 It would mean turning my back on London for good and all. It would mean good-bye to the Big Smoke. 1995 C. Bruneau After Angel Mill ix. 124 How lucky can a fella get, meeting a girl like you his first night in the Big Smoke? 2002 R. Gervais & S. Merchant Office: Scripts 7 The party animals from credit management are organising another wild night in the big smoke. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1848
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