gunpoke

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UK/ˈɡʌnpəʊk/

noun

Someone who carries a gun; an armed man.

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Meanings

noungunpoke (plural gunpokes)

plural gunpokes

  1. slangSomeone who carries a gun; an armed man.

    ‘He lets you win a lot of money and sends a gunpoke around to take it back for him.’

    1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 164

Origin

From gun + poke, after cowpoke.

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Cite this entry
APA

gunpoke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunpoke

MLA

“gunpoke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunpoke. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gunpoke,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunpoke.

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