Chicago typewriter

== English == === Etymology === From its use by Chicago's underworld in the Prohibition Era, and likening the rattling sound of gunfire to that of a typewriter. === Noun === Chicago typewriter (plural Chicago typewriters) (slang) Synonym of Thompson submachine gun. ==== Synonyms ==== Tommy gun, Chicago atomizer, Chicago piano, Chicago style, chopper ==== Hypernyms ==== trench broom, trench sweeper ==== Related terms ==== Chicago lightning (“gunfire”), Chicago overcoat (“coffin”) === Further reading === “Chicago typewriter n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. Thompson submachine gun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia