Meaning of Chicago typewriter | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of Thompson submachine gun.

slang

Examples

“As the .45 cartridge is used in many weapons, Ballistics test-fired it in all — three different models of the Thompson sub-machine gun, the “Chicago typewriter” of gang warfare; the Reising sub-machine gun used by the marine Corps; the new and exciting M-3 sub-machine gun; the Colt .45 automatic pistol […]”

“Few arrests were made and the city was alive to the sound⟳ of screeching tyres, the chatter of the Chicago typewriter or Tommy gun (which was invented just too late for the First World War but just in time for Capone & Co) and the music of the speakeasies and juke joints.”

“The Russian soldiers carried Czech-made Skoda Tommy guns reminiscent of the well-known Thompson Chicago typewriter, made famous by the FBI and gang warfare during the Depression years.”

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