"Chicago overcoat" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-Chicago overcoat.ogg [Australia] Forms: Chicago overcoats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Chicago overcoat (plural Chicago overcoats)
  1. (US, slang) A coffin; hence (figurative) death; being killed or murdered. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-Chicago_overcoat-en-noun-DsqnU9VH Categories (other): American English
  2. (US, slang) Synonym of concrete overcoat or synonym of cement shoes. Tags: US, slang Synonyms: concrete overcoat or synonym of cement shoes [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: Chicago lightning (english: gunfire), Chicago typewriter (english: tommy gun)
    Sense id: en-Chicago_overcoat-en-noun-ge4BJGc- Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 77

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