roscoe

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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