Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as roly-poly, 2.
- n. A clogging of machinery in cotton-carding or the like.
- n. In Australia, a meeting; a gathering of people.
Wiktionary
- n. That which is rolled up; a summation; an aggregation; a total.
- adj. Capable of being made into a cylinder shape by rolling.
Examples
“So, why is he so persistent in promoting larger and larger aggregations of fiat currencies, what in business terminology would be called a "roll-up strategy," until eventually all national and regional currencies are rolled up into a single international fiat currency?”
“This past summer I went through a serious cuff stage, where I bought cool vintage fabric off of eBay and made roll-up cuffs for all my jeans and shorts.”
“Bryan Derballa for The Wall Street Journal Visitors to the pop-up gallery in Prospect Lefferts Gardens contributed to a roll-up gate art installation.”
“Among a series of comments decorating a roll-up gate within the gallery, a line of pink letters reads: "My neighbor who I've never spoken to until today told me to come here.”
“The sidewalks do tend to roll-up early during week-nights in Comala.”
“Ash, the anti-smoking campaign group, argues that some of the surge in roll-up sales is explained by the ban on advertising of tobacco products not including cigarette papers.”
The Guardian: Roll-up! Roll-up! Leap in tobacco sales as smokers trade down
“But, said Imperial chief executive Alison Cooper (an occasional cigar smoker), the trend moved up a gear as the economy worsened: "We've seen the [roll-up] market up 13% last year, and a big gain the year before that ... people are trading down.”
The Guardian: Roll-up! Roll-up! Leap in tobacco sales as smokers trade down
“Imperial said yesterday that with the price of cigarettes rising, roll-up sales had been quietly growing for some years.”
The Guardian: Roll-up! Roll-up! Leap in tobacco sales as smokers trade down
“The number of roll-up cigarettes smoked in Britain has leapt 35% in two years, with sales of more than 5,000 tonnes of rolling tobacco a year and marketing of Rizla cigarette papers being seen everywhere from music festival tents to iPhone screens.”
The Guardian: Roll-up! Roll-up! Leap in tobacco sales as smokers trade down
“So will these "lawyers" be expected to roll-up their sleeves and help strip the property bare of appliances, fixtures, and copper piping?”
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On a rock and jelly rolltop desk
Words containing forms of the verb 'to roll,' with hat tip to the bear's list of things that roll.
rock and roll, cold roll, hot roll, rolling stone, roll-up, jelly roll, swiss roll, sushi roll, Tootsie Roll, Fruit Roll-Ups, dinner roll, California roll and 42 more...
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