"John Roscoe" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: John Roscoes [plural]
Etymology: See roscoe. Head templates: {{en-noun}} John Roscoe (plural John Roscoes)
  1. Alternative form of roscoe (“a handgun”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: roscoe (extra: a handgun) Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-John_Roscoe-en-noun-fdFUnuZt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1934, Damon Runyon, Sense of humor:",
          "text": "“Why,” Joe the Joker says, “the joke is, I will not be asleep in the sack, and my hands will not be tied, and in each of my hands I will have a John Roscoe, so when the sack is delivered to Frankie Ferocious and I pop out blasting away, can you not imagine his astonishment?”",
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