John Roscoe

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John Roscoe

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noun John Roscoes

alternative Alternative form of roscoe (“a handgun”). “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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@misc{john_roscoe_2026,
  title = {John Roscoe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/john%20roscoe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}