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Used in Raymond Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely (1940), suggesting the red colour of a sunset.
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Today it means: A fatal wound caused by a knife fight. Full definition →
Used in Raymond Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely (1940), suggesting the red colour of a sunset.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.