Big Smoke
n.— «There will be six good teams entered this season:…Firemen…with Jack Brannigan as the big smoke.» —“Mahoney’s Holy Roller League Starts Tonight” Bridgeport Telegram (Conn.) Oct. 10, 1918. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The word dezzick is defined in an 1875 dictionary of the Sussex dialect as “a day’s work.” This is part of a complete episode.
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