Re; AtD excerpt - "got-damn pinkinroller"
Dave Monroe
monropolitan at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 6 15:00:45 CDT 2006
Now this is interesting. Any thing out there to back
that up? I've been trying to find uses outside of
painting, sewing, carpentry, but ...
--- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> My first inclination is to hear "pinkinroller" as
> a disparaging remark about the relative non-
> lethalness of Willis's antiquated colt. Roller
> stands for revolver, It's what you see when
> looking into the barrel of one. Willis's is a
> pinkinroller because it is of small calibre,
> probably a .22, and capable only of pinking
> (barely scratching) the person it hits. Jimmy
> Drop no doubt carries a .45.
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