rolling pins
- plural of rolling pin.
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Dipping into them revives odd memories — lambrequins and dadoes — gilded rolling-pins, dudes, croquet, the high-wheel bicycle, the game of Boston — a departed age.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I suppose I may look for flat-irons and rolling-pins next.
From Eve to the Rescue by Summers, Dudley Gloyne
There are also antique pasteboards and rolling-pins for rolling shortbread, pot stirrers of wood, and other utensils such as sand glasses.
From Chats on Household Curios by Burgess, Fred. W. (Frederick William)
The so-called rolling-pins of glass, made at Sunderland as well as at Nailsea and Bristol, were known as sailors' love tokens, and are referred to more fully in Chapter XIII.
From Chats on Household Curios by Burgess, Fred. W. (Frederick William)
A fleet of graceful little boats occupied one end of the table, piles of bread-boards, rolling-pins and “cats,” the other.
From Maida's Little Shop by Gillmore, Inez Haynes