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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blanket roll¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

She indicated the blanket roll on the floor very close to where I was standing.

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

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Kit hustled for water, Jed skipped to get first-aid stuff from a blanket-roll, and I made an examination.

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A blanket-roll, a saddle, a coil of rope, and a battered canteen and the fire--but no habitant of the camp.

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Cheyenne pulled off his boots, stretched out on the blanket-roll, and sighed comfortably.

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