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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