gunpoke

English

Etymology

From gun +‎ poke, after cowpoke.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌnpəʊk/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

gunpoke (plural gunpokes)

1. (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.’