Big Apple, the

Big Apple, the
New York City.
[1925-30; promulgated as a tourist slogan during the 1970s; perh. reuse of earlier "the Apple" (New York City in jazz musicians' argot) with Big as in BIG CHEESE, BIG TIME, etc.]

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