Big Smoke
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Big Smoke or The Big Smoke may refer to:
Cities (as a nickname)
- Belfast
- Brisbane
- Dublin
- Glasgow
- Edinburgh
- Edmonton
- Johannesburg
- New York City
- London, labelled as such since the late 19th century, and applied in particular to the Great Smog of 1952
- Manchester, during the industrial revolution
- Melbourne, labeled as such in the late 19th century during the industrial boom following the Victorian gold rush
- Sudbury, Ontario, labeled for Vale smelter's large smoke stack.
- Sydney
- Toronto
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Mexico City
- Auckland, New Zealand
- San Francisco, USA
Food
- Big Smoke Burger, an international restaurant chain based in Toronto, Canada
Other
- Jack Johnson (boxer), referred to as "Big Smoke"
- "The Big Smoke", a book by Adrian Matejka, about Johnson
- Melvin "Big Smoke" Harris, fictional video game character of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- The Big Smoke (publication), an Australian opinion site, also with an American version.
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