Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Thick or pudgy, so as to roll when walking.
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Examples
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Tuesday nightshift but still managed to get a Breach of Bail, custody AND a wee roll-about with the idiot into the bargain.
I’m Here For An Argument. No You’re Not! Yes I am! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Tuesday nightshift but still managed to get a Breach of Bail, custody AND a wee roll-about with the idiot into the bargain.
I’m Here For An Argument. No You’re Not! Yes I am! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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"Captain, come back," said a little fat roll-about girl of six, holding up her mouth to be kissed; "come back and I'll be your wife my ainsel '!"
Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Samuel Rutherford Crockett
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Captain, come back, said a little fat roll-about girl of six, holding her mouth up to be kissed, and Ill be your wife my ainsell.
Chapter XXVI 1917
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The rosy-cheeked, fat, laughing little roll-about of five years old, had changed by degrees into a slim, pale, very delicate-looking child of twelve.
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The rosy-cheeked, fat, laughing little roll-about of five years old, had changed by degrees into a slim, pale, very delicate-looking child of twelve.
Hills of the Shatemuc Susan Warner 1852
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'Captain, come back,' said a little fat roll-about girl of six, holding her mouth up to be kissed, 'and I'll be your wife my ainsell.'
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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'Captain, come back,' said a little fat roll-about girl of six, holding her mouth up to be kissed, 'and I'll be your wife my ainsell.'
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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'Captain, come back,' said a little fat roll-about girl of six, holding her mouth up to be kissed, 'and I'll be your wife my ainsell.'
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Video: Sony Rolly vs Nao in epic robot dance off - While Sony's $400 Rolly never made much sense as a roll-about musical robot, at least Aldebaran Robotics 'Nao could walk upright and play a little football.
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