Chicago overcoat

Meanings

nounChicago overcoat (plural Chicago overcoats)

USslangSynonym of concrete overcoat or cement shoes.
Synonyms: concrete overcoat or cement shoes
USbroadlyslangA coffin.
broadlyfigurativelydeath; being killed or murdered.
‘Go ahead and blast and see what it gets you.’ ‘A Chicago overcoat is what it would get you, little man.’
1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 189

nounSynonym of concrete overcoat or cement shoes.

Similar

concrete overcoat or cement shoes

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APA

Chicago overcoat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chicago%20overcoat

MLA

“Chicago overcoat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chicago%20overcoat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chicago overcoat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chicago%20overcoat.