john roscoe
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of roscoe (“a handgun”).
Example Sentences
- "“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?”"
- "“A few minutes after Sorrowful arrives, a party by the name of Milk Ear Willie from the West Side comes in, this Milk Ear Willie being a party who is once a prize fighter and who has a milk ear, which is the reason he is called Milk Ear Willie, and who is known to carry a John Roscoe in his pants pocket.”"