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Chicago lightning

Dated american slang phrase to refer to bullets or gunfire.

"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!" from the book The hard-boiled omnibus (1952) by Joseph Thompson Shaw.

by FalcoMeyster January 22, 2023