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Roscoe

Roscoe

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The name of some small towns in the United States
  • proper noun
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  • If one has the time to dig a little bit, a better alternative might be the Salvation Army at 21375 Roscoe Blvd.
  • Roscoe Village
  • Roscoe, Ill.
  • Roscoe Street

Cougar made its way from South Dakota into this fairly populated neighborhood, Roscoe Village.

Examples

  • Many families choose to settle in Roscoe due to its friendly atmosphere and good schools.

  • Every summer, the annual festival in Roscoe attracts visitors from surrounding towns.

  • We just skirt right around Roscoe and head straight on out to Enid.

    Honkytonk Man (1982)

  • Cougar made its way from South Dakota into this fairly populated neighborhood, Roscoe Village.

    Harvard University

  • Egan's camped out at some dump on Roscoe in the valley.

    City of Industry (1997)

  • But the talent developed in this area traces its roots back to the 1960s with the outstanding junior league teams coached by Dan Haywood in Dunlevy and similar teams in such places as Van Voorhis and Roscoe.

    Blog text (12)

  • AP defeated for re-election after the boundaries of his rural Maryland congressional district changed, Republican Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, a scientist, teacher, and farmer first elected to Congress in 1992,

    Blog text (21)

  • As Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Gorman... Peter Gusenberg and an ex-showgirl named Myrtle Nelson Koppelman... have occupied Apartment 5C at 434 Roscoe Street... for the past seven months.

    The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)

  • After a long drive, we finally reached Roscoe, where we had planned to spend the weekend.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Roscoe is also the name of several small towns. Many of these places were named after people with the surname Roscoe or after old words for a 'deer wood', so picturing a quiet town near a wood helps explain why a place would be called Roscoe.