Chicago lightning

noun

Chicago lightning

noun
1

US, Dated, Slang Bullets; gunfire.

  • He said: "Thanks, friend; but you're wasting your time. You better warn Crocker. If that louse makes a play for me, he'll get hit with Chicago lightning!"1946, Joseph Thompson Shaw, The hard-boiled omnibus: early stories from Black Mask, page 388:
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