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  • Word Origin "ROSCOE"

    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 30 20:40:05 2018
    On Tuesday, November 27, 2001 at 12:35:04 AM UTC, Tom Line wrote:
    # Saw a small Saturday Night Special come into a shop (not safe to
    # buy/fire/sell). It was called a "Roscoe". I was wondering what the origin
    # of the word "Roscoe" is when referring to a firearm.

    The earliest version of this description I have come across is in the Damon Runyon "Guys & Dolls" short stories of the 1930s

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