roscoe
See also: Roscoe
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown, apparently from the surname Roscoe; sometimes attested as John Roscoe.[1] Attested from the 1910s.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒskəʊ
Noun
[edit]roscoe (plural roscoes)
- (slang) A handgun, particularly a revolver.
- 1948, Leslie Charteris, Saint Errant, page 103:
- Why, it was nothing to travel about the country with fifty grand worth of ice on me. Suppose I hadn’t packed a roscoe—hell, I’d of been hoisted once a week!
- 2020, Hangar 13, “Happy Birthday!”, in Mafia: Definitive Edition:
- Just his normal detail, a few guys with roscoes. None of the other fellas are gonna do dick to protect that piece of shit.
References
[edit]- ^ “roscoe”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
- ^ “roscoe, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, November 2010.
