Re; AtD excerpt - "got-damn pinkinroller"

[James Kyllo]

Further to Paul's theory..  how about this:

Jimmy Drop is of Germanic heritage (Got-damned rather than god).  In
German pinkelnd means (something like) piddling.

If roller stands for revolver - it's a piddling revolver.

On 8/6/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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.
>


best

James

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