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John Roscoe

John Roscoe is the alternative form of roscoe.

Meaning of roscoe

Noun

roscoe (plural roscoes)

  1. (US, slang) A handgun, particularly a revolver.
    • 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!1948, Leslie Charteris, Saint Errant, page 103

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Forms of John Roscoe

pluralJohn Roscoes

Origin of John Roscoe

See roscoe.

Questions about John Roscoe

What is John Roscoe the alternative form of?
John Roscoe is the alternative form of roscoe.

Words near John Roscoe in the dictionary

  1. John Orderly
  2. John Q. Law
  3. John Q. Laws
  4. John Q. Public
  5. John Radcliffe
  6. John Roscoe
  7. John Roscoes
  8. john school
  9. john schools
  10. John Smith
  11. John Smiths

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