Chicago lightning

English

Noun

Chicago lightning (uncountable)

  1. (US, dated, slang) Bullets; gunfire.
    • 1946, Joseph Thompson Shaw, The hard-boiled omnibus: early stories from Black Mask, page 388:
      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!"
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