Chicago lightning
English
Noun
Chicago lightning (uncountable)
- (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!"
- 1946, Joseph Thompson Shaw, The hard-boiled omnibus: early stories from Black Mask (page 388)