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Chicago typewriters

Chicago typewriters is the plural of Chicago typewriter.

Meaning of Chicago typewriter

Noun

Chicago typewriter (plural Chicago typewriters)

  1. (slang) Synonym of Thompson submachine gun.
    • As the .45 cartridge is used in many weapons, Ballistics test-fired it in all — three different models of the Thompson sub-machine gun, the “Chicago typewriter” of gang warfare; the Reising sub-machine gun used by the marine Corps; the new and exciting M-3 sub-machine gun; the Colt .45 automatic...1946, Wesley Winans Stout, Bullets by the Billion, page 68

Questions about Chicago typewriters

What is Chicago typewriters the plural of?
Chicago typewriters is the plural of Chicago typewriter.

Words near Chicago typewriters in the dictionary

  1. Chicago style
  2. Chicago style pizza
  3. Chicago style pizzas
  4. Chicago styles
  5. Chicago typewriter
  6. Chicago typewriters
  7. Chicago-style
  8. Chicago-style hot dog
  9. Chicago-style hot dogs
  10. Chicago-style pizza
  11. Chicago-style pizzas

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