rouleau
Americannoun
plural
rouleaux, rouleaus-
a roll or strip of something, as trimming on a hat brim.
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a stack or roll of coins put up in cylindrical form in a paper wrapping.
noun
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a roll of paper containing coins
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(often plural) a roll of ribbon
Etymology
Origin of rouleau
1685–95; < French; Middle French rolel, diminutive of role roll
Vocabulary lists containing rouleau
Example Sentences
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Smoothly maneuvering what he called his rouleau compresseur, a human steam roller of sweating supporters, Fignole pressured the National Assembly as it tried to choose between a "revolutionary" or a "constitutional" successor to the presidency.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was le rouleau compresseur �the "steamroller" as Fignol�'s Mouvement Ouvrier Paysan was popularly called �trying to intimidate the Assembly into voting for its candidate.
From Time Magazine Archive
If I continue to sit here now, it is because that old fellow yonder has got a rouleau in his pocket which he cannot persuade himself to break.
From A Rent In A Cloud by Lever, Charles James
I must have that fellow's rouleau before I leave.
From A Rent In A Cloud by Lever, Charles James
Then, taking a rouleau of 1,000 francs, he put it in the man's hand, saying, 'One must honour goodness wherever it is shown.'
From The Red True Story Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)
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