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Harlem sunsets

Harlem sunsets is the plural of Harlem sunset.

Meaning of Harlem sunset

Noun

Harlem sunset (plural Harlem sunsets)

  1. (US, rare, noir) A fatal wound caused by a knife fight.
    • One time there was five smokes carved Harlem sunsets on each other down on East Eighty-four.1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, A. A. Knopf, page 14

Questions about Harlem sunsets

What is Harlem sunsets the plural of?
Harlem sunsets is the plural of Harlem sunset.

Words near Harlem sunsets in the dictionary

  1. harlekin
  2. harlekins
  3. Harlem
  4. Harlem Renaissance
  5. Harlem sunset
  6. Harlem sunsets
  7. Harlemer
  8. Harlemers
  9. Harlemese
  10. Harlemite
  11. Harlemites

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