roll
verb (used without object)
to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
well-rolled
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a word derived from
roll.
Example Sentences
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I have never seen so many concerned faces and well-rolled polonecks.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2016
Yes, Mr. Shuttleworth was at home, the neat maid told me, and I was ushered into a long old-fashioned study, the French windows of which opened out upon a well-rolled tennis-lawn.
From Hushed Up! A Mystery of London by William Le Queux
The sergeant with grave courtesy reached him a well-rolled cigarette.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
I heard the easy roll of the carriage, the grating of the wheels on the gravel, the sharp pull-up at the main entrance, the impatient pawing of the animals on the hard and well-rolled road.
From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various
A Charles-the-Ninth cap of black velvet, with a well-rolled feather on one side, and proceeding from a cabbage-rose of black satin ribbon.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
