jelly roll
Americannoun
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a thin, rectangular layer of sponge cake, spread with fruit jelly and rolled up.
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Slang: Vulgar.
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the vagina.
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sexual intercourse.
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Etymology
Origin of jelly roll
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Example Sentences
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I ate a jelly roll purchased earlier that day at a Mexican bakery, and fistfuls of Cheez-Its.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
When I realized I had only two petite jelly roll pans and needed to go to bed rather than wait for one of them to be cool again, I tried to channel Erin.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2018
Yes, that’s what it means, as does jelly roll.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2013
The trunk probes the ground for God-knows-what and then curls back into itself like a jelly roll.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 17, 2012
Sissy took a ball of stiff yellow dough, rolled it flat with the rolling pin, then rolled the flat dough up like a jelly roll.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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