Meaning of Harlem sunset | Babel Free

Definitions

A fatal wound caused by a knife fight.

US, rare

Examples

“One time there was five smokes carved Harlem sunsets on each other down on East Eighty-four.”

“This wasn't some punk carving Harlem sunsets on a drugstore attendant. This was a professional job.”

“The blade had been inches from showing Moe a Harlem sunset. A longer knife, or an extra twist⟳, and Moe would've bled to death before the meat wagon arrived.”

“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.”

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