blanket roll


noun
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

Origin of blanket roll

1
First recorded in 1890–95

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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 Kennedy
  • When the long knives let them stop to rest at midday, she took from her blanket roll White Bear's knife.

    Shaman | Robert Shea
  • Kit 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. Sabin
  • A 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 Knibbs
  • Cheyenne pulled off his boots, stretched out on the blanket-roll, and sighed comfortably.

    Partners of Chance | Henry Herbert Knibbs