Ragman rolls

/ (ˈræɡmən) /

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history a set of parchment rolls of 1296 enumerating the Scottish nobles who owed allegiance to Edward I of England, important as the only full list of the nobility of Scotland in the later 13th century

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Word Origin for Ragman rolls

C18: from obsolete ragman in the sense: statute, roll, list

Words nearby Ragman rolls

ragi, raglan, raglan sleeve, ragman, ragman roll, Ragman rolls, Ragnar Lodbrok, Ragnarok, ragout, rag paper, ragpicker

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How to use Ragman rolls in a sentence

I nod, and he rolls his eyes in the direction of the bathroom.
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Rolls Royce Motor Cars is a subsidiary of BMW, who make the engines.
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The 1990s were a time when employment was high, and we could cut welfare rolls and push people into work.
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Nobody forced me off the road and then grabbed the rolls of film out of my pocket.
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When the camera rolls, he is an actor of great authority and accomplishment.
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A tidal wave rolls landward, and twenty thousand human beings are drowned, or crushed to death.
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We rolled last week 140 tons of iron with it, and it will roll as fast with the both pair of rolls, as they can bring to it.'
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Most of the latter were empty, although two beside the door were covered with steaks and eggs and coffee and rolls.
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After it is cured they prepare it nicely in rolls and carots, the latter for manufacturing into snuff.
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Mr. Castle coughed, and Scattergood opened his eyes sleepily and peered over the rolls of fat that were his cheeks.
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