Big bertha
a large, long-range German cannon used during World War I.
Historical Examples
Boy Scouts in Glacier Park Walter Prichard Eaton
Boy Scouts in Glacier Park Walter Prichard Eaton
Paris Vistas Helen Davenport Gibbons
Paris Vistas Helen Davenport Gibbons
noun
any of three large German guns of World War I used to bombard Paris
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