Big Bertha

The tour de force is a floor-to-ceiling explosion of color called Big Bertha, which is the first thing guests see as they enter the dining room.

THE ARROWS COOKBOOK Clark Frasier 2003

This shell, which had soared twenty-four miles above the earth before descending, was the first of 367 projectiles fired at the French capital over the next four and a half months by a gun the Allies called Big Bertha and the Germans the Paris Gun.

Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

A circus fat woman known as Big Bertha attempted an homage to Menken by tugging on pink tights and strapping herself to the back of a donkey, but her act foundered when the struggling animal stumbled with his cargo into the orchestra pit.16 By the time of her death at thirty-three, Menken had influenced the nascent concept of celebrityhood in America and Europe, and in Mark Twain’s imagination.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

A circus fat woman known as Big Bertha attempted an homage to Menken by tugging on pink tights and strapping herself to the back of a donkey, but her act foundered when the struggling animal stumbled with his cargo into the orchestra pit.16 By the time of her death at thirty-three, Menken had influenced the nascent concept of celebrityhood in America and Europe, and in Mark Twain’s imagination.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

Jack called Big Bertha, who said she’d get in touch with Carla’s friends.

Something Unpredictable Barbara Chepaitis 2003

Jack called Big Bertha, who said she’d get in touch with Carla’s friends.

Something Unpredictable Barbara Chepaitis 2003

Jack called Big Bertha, who said she’d get in touch with Carla’s friends.

Something Unpredictable Barbara Chepaitis 2003

"DHS" operatives, brazenly working in plain sight, have become celebrities and tourist attractions, such as Big Bertha at Seattle Airport. ribbitmobile

Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0 2010

Then McCoy pounded three times on the '' Big Bertha '' bass drum before leaving the field.

SI.com 2009

One night in early January, just before the 11:30 night shift whistle, Marion Allen was finishing up a clerical task on the Arizona side and contemplating an early dash across the canyon footbridge to beat the rush for a seat in a homebound Big Bertha.

Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010