Roscoe
name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A handgun, particularly a revolver. US, slang
"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!"
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Old Norse.
- 2 A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 3 A hamlet and census-designated place in Sullivan County, New York, United States, named after Senator Roscoe Conkling.
Example
More 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!"
Etymology
Etymology 1
Unknown, apparently from the surname Roscoe; sometimes attested as John Roscoe. Attested from the 1910s.
Etymology 2
From a place in Lancashire, from Old Norse rá (“roebuck”) + skógr (“forest”).