blanket roll
a blanket or sleeping bag rolled into a cylindrical pack for easy carrying and outdoor use by hikers, soldiers, cowboys, etc., often with cooking utensils, food, and personal articles carried inside.
a method of cheating at craps whereby the dice are thrown on a blanket, rug, or other soft surface so that they roll only in a forward direction, making it impossible for the four side numbers to appear face up.
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How to use blanket roll in a sentence
She indicated the blanket roll on the floor very close to where I was standing.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyWhen the long knives let them stop to rest at midday, she took from her blanket roll White Bear's knife.
Shaman | Robert SheaKit hustled for water, Jed skipped to get first-aid stuff from a blanket-roll, and I made an examination.
Pluck on the Long Trail | Edwin L. SabinA blanket-roll, a saddle, a coil of rope, and a battered canteen and the fire--but no habitant of the camp.
Partners of Chance | Henry Herbert KnibbsCheyenne pulled off his boots, stretched out on the blanket-roll, and sighed comfortably.
Partners of Chance | Henry Herbert Knibbs
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