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Chicago overcoats

Chicago overcoats is the plural of Chicago overcoat.

Meaning of Chicago overcoat

Noun

Chicago overcoat (plural Chicago overcoats)

  1. (US, slang) Synonym of concrete overcoat or cement shoes.
    Synonyms:
    concrete overcoat or cement shoes
  2. (US, broadly, slang) A coffin.
  3. (broadly, figuratively) death; being killed or murdered.
    • ‘Go ahead and blast and see what it gets you.’
      ‘A Chicago overcoat is what it would get you, little man.’1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 189

Questions about Chicago overcoats

What is Chicago overcoats the plural of?
Chicago overcoats is the plural of Chicago overcoat.

Words near Chicago overcoats in the dictionary

  1. Chicago dog
  2. Chicago dogs
  3. Chicago Heights
  4. Chicago lightning
  5. Chicago overcoat
  6. Chicago overcoats
  7. Chicago piano
  8. Chicago pianos
  9. Chicago pizza
  10. Chicago pizzas
  11. Chicago porch

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