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noun Papermaking.
a light, open cylinder of wire gauze in a papermaking machine, for smoothing wet pulp and for impressing a watermark.
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Also called dandy roller.

Origin of dandy roll

First recorded in 1830–40

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dandy roller


noun
a light roller used in the manufacture of certain papers to produce watermarks
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