Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

harlem sunset

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: harlem -sun-set
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fatal wound caused by a knife fight.

American usage

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Used in Raymond Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely (1940), suggesting the red colour of a sunset.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

Harlem sunsets (plural)

Questions

What does harlem sunset mean?: A fatal wound caused by a knife fight.
Where does harlem sunset come from?: Used in Raymond Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely (1940), suggesting the red colour of a sunset.

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