Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A heavy roller used to compact the material on a macadamized road.
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Examples
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A kind of derelict road-roller stood at one side of the field, and as we passed this, walking pretty close together, a bullet whizzed between us.
Bullets & Billets Bruce Bairnsfather
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One morning on going to the kitchen Mrs. Smith noticed that Dinah looked as if she had been tangled up with a road-roller.
More Toasts Marion Dix [Editor] Mosher
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The patient horses who pulled the road-roller or the noisy lawn-mower made his eyes redden savagely.
Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906
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The patient horses who pulled the road-roller or the noisy lawn-mower made his eyes redden savagely.
Kings in Exile Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901
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It was late that afternoon that Lucinda, looking as if she had been accidentally overtaken by a road-roller, joined Joshua in the potato cellar.
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary Anne Warner 1891
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The road-roller scene and the one where the veteran Asrani converses with three people at once are funny.
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After the Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC) viewed and cleared the film on July 13, a certain party lodged a complaint against clearing the film due to the presence of a scene in which an elephant is shown pulling the road-roller.
Top Headlines BollywoodHungamaNewsNetwork 2010
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Down the road is a dumped road-roller converted into an armoured vehicle by the LTTE.
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The road-roller scene and the one where the veteran Asrani converses with three people at once are funny.
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The road-roller scene and the one where the veteran Asrani converses with three people at once are funny.
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