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Chicago overcoat
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English
Pronunciation
en En-au-Chicago overcoat.ogg AU
Noun
en US slang en concrete overcoat,cement shoes.
en US slang by extension A coffin.
en figuratively by extension death; being killed or murdered.
en 1939 w:Raymond Chandler The Big Sleep 189 Penguin 2011 ‘Go ahead and blast and see what it gets you.’‘A Chicago overcoat is what it would get you, little man.’
Related terms
en Chicago lightning gunfire, en Chicago typewriter tommy gun
Further reading
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