roll-up
[rohl-uhp]
- Also roll·up. something, as a carpet or window shade, that can be rolled up when not in use.
- Informal. an increase, as in value or cost.
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Origin of roll-up
First recorded in 1745–55; noun use of verb phrase roll up
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Contemporary Examples of roll-up
Prototypes are around for roll-up screens that look like paper, and a variety of lower-cost reading machines are in development.
Historical Examples of roll-up
That "roll-up" is pictured clearly before me now, and never again do I expect to be present at a more cruelly dramatic gathering.
In Search of El DoradoAlexander MacDonald
He had one large bundle; it contained a roll-up cork bed, in a waterproof casing.
With Kitchener in the SoudanG. A. Henty