roll-your-own

[rohl-yer-ohn]

noun

1. a cigarette that one has rolled oneself.

roll-your-own

noun

1. informal,  a hand-rolled cigarette

Word History and Origins

Origin of roll-your-own¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

At one point, it was funded in part by a tax on roll-your-own cigarette machines.

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House Democrats included legislative language that would double the existing excise tax on cigarettes, small cigars and roll-your-own tobacco, as well as imposing taxes on any non-tobacco nicotine products, like e-cigarettes.

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“Roll-your-own suits me fine,” says Camel.

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Camel emerges an hour later, staggering, holding a flask in one hand and a roll-your-own in the other.

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Travis finished off the roll-your-own he’d gotten from Miig and spoke through his last deep exhale.

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