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- proper noun informal The city of
New Orleans ,Louisiana
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Examples
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As hard as it may be hard to say, or maybe for you to hear, the Big Easy is a lost cause.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Reggie Bush is back in the Big Easy, where he's backing away from recent Twitter posts that indicated he may not see the New Orleans Saints in his future.
Reggie Bush: 'I Want To Be A Saint' The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Flight Time seemed to get over it, but Big Easy made a bigger deal out of it.
Amazing Race's Kent and Vyxsin: The Globetrotters Were "Very Appalling" 2011
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NEW ORLEANS -- Reggie Bush is back in the Big Easy, where he's backing away from recent Twitter posts that indicated he may not see the New Orleans Saints in his future.
Reggie Bush: 'I Want To Be A Saint' The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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It took two months to pump the city dry, and by then the Big Easy was buried under a blanket of putrid sediment, a million people were homeless, and 50,000 were dead.
Katrina plus five 2010
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In the Big Easy, they meet up with a young Louis Armstrong, learn about jazz, and face off with ghosts.
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But for others, the Big Easy is ripe with opportunities.
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After a long day of high-minded sessions on education and like topics, they were relaxing in Big Easy style: talking politics with a full bar and a blues band.
The Starr Chamber 2008
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It took two months to pump the city dry, and by then the Big Easy was buried under a blanket of putrid sediment, a million people were homeless, and 50,000 were dead.
Nicholas von Hoffman: They Didn't Read Their National Geographic 2008
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But this time, officials say, the Big Easy was ready.
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