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smoke
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the (big) smoke (British & Australian)
a big city, especially London, Sydney or Melbourne. So when were you last in the smoke, then?
See also: smoke


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It added up to a game that belonged on the Cartoon Network, with a cord to the scoreboard unit going up in smoke, forcing the officials to keep time at the scorer's table.
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Now those friendships are being placed next to the fire, and many of them are going up in smoke.
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They have horrific visions of their businesses going up in smoke or being hopelessly plagued by criminal violence.
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