Green’s Dictionary of Slang

big M n.

[initial letters]

1. £1 million.

[UK]W. Smith Hungry as the Sea in DSUE (1984).
[UK]Partridge DSUE (8th edn) 76/1/: since (?) 1950.

2. (drugs) morphine.

[US]J.E. Schmidt Narcotics Lingo and Lore.
[US]T. Southern Blue Movie (1974) 188: Every two hours or so, just as Les was about to come round, he would hit him with five grains of the Big M.

3. marriage.

[US]Current Sl. I:3 1/2: The big M, n. Marriage.

4. Memphis, Tennessee; Miami, Florida.

[US]L. Dills CB Slanguage 11: Big M: Memphis Tennessee; Miami, Florida.