subs. phr. (common).—The Atlantic; THE BIG DRINK (q.v.).
1838. HALIBURTON (‘Sam Slick’), The Clockmaker, 3 S., xviii. He [old Clay] is all sorts of a hoss, and the best live one that ever cut dirt this side of the BIG POND, or t’other side either.
1883. G. A. SALA, Living London, 204, Next time Miss Ward crosses the BIG POND, I earnestly hope that she will cross the ‘Rockies,’ and triumphantly descend the Pacific slope.
