John Roscoe

English

Etymology

See roscoe.

Noun

John Roscoe (plural John Roscoes)

1. Alternative form of roscoe (“a handgun”)
   • 1934, Damon Runyon, Sense of humor:

     “Why,” Joe the Joker says, “the joke is, I will not be asleep in the sack, and my hands will not be tied, and in each of my hands I will have a John Roscoe, so when the sack is delivered to Frankie Ferocious and I pop out blasting away, can you not imagine his astonishment?”