Gunpoke

//ˈɡʌnpəʊk// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who carries a gun; an armed man. slang

    "‘He lets you win a lot of money and sends a gunpoke around to take it back for him.’"

Example

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"‘He lets you win a lot of money and sends a gunpoke around to take it back for him.’"

Etymology

From gun + poke, after cowpoke.

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