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  • roll-around
    roll-around
    adjective
    equipped with wheels or casters so as to be easily movable from one location to another.
  • roll around
    roll around
    Return or recur, as in When income tax time rolls around, Peggy is too busy to play tennis. [Late 1600s]

roll-around

American  
[rohl-uh-round] / ˈroʊl əˌraʊnd /

adjective

  1. equipped with wheels or casters so as to be easily movable from one location to another.

    a roll-around kitchen counter.


roll around Idioms  
  1. Return or recur, as in When income tax time rolls around, Peggy is too busy to play tennis. [Late 1600s]


Etymology

Origin of roll-around

First recorded in 1970–75; adj. use of verb phrase roll around

Example Sentences

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And despite the light drizzle on Sunday, some children remained outside to sit and spin in roll-around chairs by British designer Thomas Heatherwick.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2019

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