Chicagoesque

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Reminiscent of the city of Chicago, Illinois.

    "The crucial point that comes to light with the long gestation of the viticultural trade in Ohio is that the mid-century frontier was not a place of incremental development, nor was it in all places a Chicagoesque explosion of urbanization."

Example

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"The crucial point that comes to light with the long gestation of the viticultural trade in Ohio is that the mid-century frontier was not a place of incremental development, nor was it in all places a Chicagoesque explosion of urbanization."

Etymology

From Chicago + -esque.

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