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  • adjective Attributive form of egg roll, noun.

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Examples

  • That ' s already happening in the egg-roll business, where new firms try to steal supermarket shelf-space with products selling for pennies under Ramar ' s price point.

    Food Maker Cooks Up Expansion Plan Joel Millman 2010

  • The China Teacup in Brooklyn Heights, where Schoenfeld used to eat as a kid, or Ling-Nam in West Miami and China Land in Atlantic City, N.J., my own egg-roll academies, have been serving essentially the same food for generations.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • The China Teacup in Brooklyn Heights, where Schoenfeld used to eat as a kid, or Ling-Nam in West Miami and China Land in Atlantic City, N.J., my own egg-roll academies, have been serving essentially the same food for generations.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The bags of gold were good, it reminded me of the fish cakes, except it's wrapped in egg-roll wrappers and shaped into a little pouch then deep fried.

    Recent Reviews Near San Francisco, CA 2010

  • Place two of the fried egg-roll wrappers on top of the pile and roll the spring roll wrapper around the pile, tightening everything into a neat bundle as you roll.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • We started with African Summer Rolls (the only appetizer apart from soup or salad), cigar-shaped egg-roll skins stuffed with mildly spiced beef.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The guy rang up my meal and announced it would be $6.65 - after checking to make sure I hadn't wandered into the Panda Express at the airport, I asked why so much for a drink and an egg-roll?

    The Consumerist 2010

  • The vegetarian samosas were good as well, potatoes, corn and bits of broccoli wrapped in egg-roll wrappers shaped into bite sized triangles and deep fried.

    Recent Reviews Near San Francisco, CA 2010

  • Cut each of the egg-roll wrappers into 4 long strips.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Throw in the pasta-like products that include dried Southeast Asian spring-roll wrappers made from rice flour and water, dried bean-thread noodles, which are sometimes labeled "cellophane" or "glass noodles," and the fresh Chinese pasta sheets known as egg-roll wrappers, and the potential for confusion mounts.

    The Seattle Times 2010

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