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
Example Sentences
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The blood was fluid, of the color and appearance of port-wine lees; under the microscope the corpuscles were shrivelled and crenated, and there was a space apparent between them as they were arranged in rouleaux.
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He hastened to the safe and was back in two minutes with twenty rouleaux of sovereigns.
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But I still had in my pockets the loose gold won at our first game, and the three rouleaux left by Lowenstein were still in my trunk.
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He quietly slipped into his hand a little rouleau of ten pounds in gold.
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Surprised as well as disconcerted, he looked through the square of glass, and saw Whittaker engaged in counting a number of packages, which he perceived to be rouleaus of gold.
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