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Meaning of big C | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

cancer.

euphemistic, slang, uncountable

Examples

“You can always count on John Wayne, 57; he never steps out of character. "I kicked the Big C," growled the movie toughie, admitting that it was lung cancer that put him in Los Angeles' Good Samaritan Hospital for surgery last September.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

big cassino big cat Big Cay big cheese Big Chill big chop