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
Won again, by Jove!" said he, opening his hand; "I think you'll find that rouleau correct; and now, sir, au revoir.
From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James
"Yes," replied Vanslyperken, who anticipated another rouleau of gold on his arrival at Amsterdam.
From Snarleyyow by Marryat, Frederick
The probability is greater that I break the rouleau than that I melt the plate; but the increased probability is not calculable.
From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by Ruskin, John
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