gunpoke
English
editEtymology
editFrom gun + poke, after cowpoke.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌnpəʊk/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editgunpoke (plural gunpokes)
- (slang) Someone who carries a gun; an armed man.
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 164:
- ‘He lets you win a lot of money and sends a gunpoke around to take it back for him.’