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roll-your-own
[ rohl-yer-ohn ]
/ ËroÊl yÉrËoÊn /
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noun
a cigarette that one has rolled oneself.
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Origin of roll-your-own
First recorded in 1975â80
Words nearby roll-your-own
roll-top desk,
roll-up,
roll up one's sleeves,
rollway,
roll with the punches,
roll-your-own,
Rolodex,
Rölvaag,
roly-poly,
Rom,
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How to use roll-your-own in a sentence
I think 2014 was my big rock and roll year, and 2015 is gonna be a really good year to hang around the house.
Ragtime, blues, country, jazz, soul, and rock and roll were all pioneered or inspired by black artists.
âGently rolling hillsâ roll not-so-gently under my tires, but the English countryside scenery is soporific.
In previous decades, hip-hop was something typically preached against, much like rock & roll and heavy metal before it.
Roll the pork over the stuffing, like a jelly roll, until the seam is facing down and the fat back is on top.
If those jaspers flash any part of the roll in the Territory before snowfall, I'll get them.
While you were admiring the long roll of the wave, a sudden spray would be dashed over you, and make you catch your breath!
It reminds me of those snow-balls the boys roll up at homeâthe crowd gathers as it proceeds!
There a familiar sound met his earsâthe roll of a drum followed by an incantation in a quavering, high-pitched voice.
They stood outside the window and the cook passed them their coffee and a roll, which they drank and ate from the window-sill.
British Dictionary definitions for roll-your-own
noun
informal a hand-rolled cigarette
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