Big Smoke

noun

1. the Big Smoke informal.
   a large city, esp London

Example Sentences

“The 12-point plan on Ukraine is a big smoke screen to deflect criticism against China for its pro-Russia neutrality,” said Tuvia Gering, a researcher at the Guilford Glazer Center at the Institute for National Security Studies in Israel who has written extensively about Chinese foreign policy.

From New York Times

Matejka, whose 2013 collection “The Big Smoke” was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, added that he was “committed to re-imagining Poetry not only as a venue for poetics, but more importantly, as one that is in service of poets and treats writers as the gifts that they are.”

From Seattle Times

It may sound like they have disappeared from the Big Smoke - but have they?

From BBC

Arsenal v Newcastle: Eddie Howe has been cleared to travel to the Emirates with Newcastle tomorrow after a spell in quarantine but his assistant coach Jason Tindall was in charge of talking to the media this morning ahead of the squad’s trip to the Big Smoke.

From The Guardian

And two months after that, Hosey returned the favor with a visit to “The Big Smoke” city.

From Fox News