roscoe

See also: Roscoe

English

Etymology

Unknown, apparently from the surname Roscoe; sometimes attested as John Roscoe.[1] Attested from the 1910s.[2]

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -ɒskəʊ

Noun

roscoe (plural roscoes)

  1. (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, 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
  1. Jonathon Green (2024) “roscoe”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. “roscoe, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, November 2010.

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