0 a small railway in an amusement park that travels very quickly along a narrow track that slopes and bends suddenly --
1 a group of seven bright stars that can only be seen in the northern part of the world --
2 a group of seven bright stars that can be seen in the northern part of the world --
Public spending was on the big dipper.
It is a "big dipper" economy.
That is fine on a day by the sea, but what the miners profoundly dislike is the "big dipper" principle being introduced into their daily life and daily work.
That was a fatuous comment from a sedentary position, saying that it is a big dipper to offer young people training and better education.
They push it to the limit in the first few years, but cuts follow—the big dipper effect.
Yesterday evening we saw the Big Dipper and the north star sink below the horizon and disappear from our world.
