Harlem sunset
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Used in Raymond Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely (1940), suggesting the red colour of a sunset.
=== Noun ===
Harlem sunset (plural Harlem sunsets)
(US, noir, rare) A fatal wound caused by a knife fight.
2006, Richard E. Sall, Straightjacket, p. 38,
We had some mean turf wars with rival Latino and Italian gangs, and I've still got the scars to prove it: one under my left eye from some Romano's chain, and one just to the right of my right shoulder blade from some bitch who tried to give me a Harlem sunset –yup, that can happen in Detroit, too.