Catchword for “Big Smoke”
Catchword: Big Smoke
Part of Speech: n.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: Big Smoke—The Chief.
Article or Document Title:
“Firemen”
“Firemen”
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Lexicon of Trade Jargon
Lexicon of Trade Jargon
Dateline:
New York City
New York City
Date of Publication:
1938-39
1938-39
(This date is uncertain. It is either not given, unclear, or unreliable in the original source.)
This cite belongs to a full entry for Big Smoke.
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