Meaning of roscoe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A handgun, particularly a revolver.
   US, slang
2. A surname from Old Norse.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A hamlet and census-designated place in Sullivan County, New York, United States, named after Senator Roscoe Conkling.

Examples

“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!”

“Vincenzo Ricci: Just his normal detail, a few guys with roscoes. None of the other fellas are gonna do dick to protect that piece of shit.”

“Before Hicks knows it they're out in the far northwest somewhere […], apt around any corner to find yourself up the wrong end of a roscoe from somebody you knew in sixth grade.”

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