roscoe

¹ American  

[ros-koh] / ˈrɒs koʊ /

noun

Older Slang.

1. a revolver or pistol.

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Roscoe ² American  

[ros-koh] / ˈrɒs koʊ /

noun

1. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “swift” and “horse.”

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Etymology

Origin of roscoe

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Fannie Mae co-president and Pulte ally John Roscoe was accused in an official complaint to the company ethics team of ordering a fellow Fannie Mae executive to quickly print out Schiff’s mortgage files for Pulte, the person said.

From The Wall Street Journal

She invited her father to come to L.A. to appear in the song’s video, which depicts a young girl running after a car as a man angrily drives away; the day after the shoot, they went to Roscoe’s and had a long talk about her childhood.

From Los Angeles Times

He got his 17-month-old son ready for day care, put him in the car and drove to a school in Chicago’s Roscoe Village neighborhood.

From Salon

Many sent a video from that morning of immigration agents running into a day care facility in Chicago’s Roscoe Village neighborhood to pull out a teacher.

From Los Angeles Times

Shea Whigham is New York senator and power broker Roscoe Conkling, Garfield’s moral opposite, and the series’ villain, if you excuse Guiteau as mentally ill.

From Los Angeles Times