Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small roll, especially of coins wrapped in paper.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A roll.
- noun In millinery, a large piping or rounded fluting: generally used in the plural: as, a trimming of rouleaux.
- noun Milit., one of a collection of round bundles of fascines tied together, which serve to cover besiegers or to mask the head of a work.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A little
roll ; a roll ofcoins put up inpaper , or something resembling such a roll.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a roll of ribbon
- noun a roll of coins wrapped in paper
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Jean made two deep bows, the Americans two little ones, after which they foraged in their bags, from which each drew a 'rouleau' of 1,000 francs, daintily inclosed in green sheaths of serpent-skin, clasped with gold.
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Jean made two deep bows, the Americans two little ones, after which they foraged in their bags, from which each drew a 'rouleau' of 1,000 francs, daintily inclosed in green sheaths of serpent-skin, clasped with gold.
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Back home on the porch we tchatche* about tout et rien* including how a certain tante* is in good health -- far from reaching "le bout du rouleau," or "the end of the roll".
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Je dis souvent "Je suis encore dans le jeu," mais maintenant je peut dire "Je ne suis pas encore au bout du rouleau!"
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(Changer le rouleau de papier toilette quand il est vide.)
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Quizzard reached back and with sure fingers pulled a rouleau of sovereigns off the desk.
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Back home on the porch we tchatche* about tout et rien* including how a certain tante* is in good health--far from reaching "le bout du rouleau," or "the end of the roll".
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(Changer le rouleau de papier toilette quand il est vide.)
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(Changer le rouleau de papier toilette quand il est vide.)
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Ouais me faut pas grand chose je sais mais c parce que j'suis fatigué et j'entends Jasp 'qui delire derriere moi avec un rouleau de PQ vide ...
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