Popularized byJohn J. Fitz Gerald in horse-racing articles in the 1920s - an apple being a treat for a horse, and New York being a prize location for horse-racing at the time. From usage among African American stable hands. Seethe Wikipedia article.
The Big Apple. The dream of every lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen. There's only one Big Apple. That's New York.
theBigApple
- Nickname forNew York City: a majorcity inNew York,United States.
1976, “Song for Sharon”, inHejira, performed byJoni Mitchell:Sharon, I left my man
At a North Dakota junction
And I came out to theBig Apple here
To face the dream's malfunction
nickname for New York City
- Michael Quinion (2004), “Big Apple”, inBallyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.:Smithsonian Books in association withPenguin Books,→ISBN.
- John J. Fitz Gerald (1924), “Around the Big Apple”, inNew York Morning Telegraph[1]
Borrowed fromEnglishBig Apple.
Big Apple f
- Big Apple (nickname forNew York City: a majorcity inNew York,United States)
- Synonym:Grosse Pomme
