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plural roscoes
(slang) A handgun, particularly a revolver. quotations
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
Just his normal detail, a few guys with roscoes. None of the other fellas are gonna do dick to protect that piece of shit.
2020, Hangar 13, Mafia: Definitive Edition