Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A skate mounted on small wheels or rollers, instead of the usual iron or steel runner, and used for skating upon asphalt or some other smooth surface. Also called
parlor-skate .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
roller skate .
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Examples
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Raspa leaned into the turns, causing her rubber roller-skate wheels to shriek.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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Raspa leaned into the turns, causing her rubber roller-skate wheels to shriek.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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Despite political corruption, all the money in the world couldn't bribe Congress to pass a law requiring people to roller-skate to work; legislation always requires some non-laughable justification.
Ian Fletcher: Do Ideas Matter in Economic Policy, or Just Special Interests? Ian Fletcher 2011
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Despite political corruption, all the money in the world couldn't bribe Congress to pass a law requiring people to roller-skate to work; legislation always requires some non-laughable justification.
Ian Fletcher: Do Ideas Matter in Economic Policy, or Just Special Interests? Ian Fletcher 2011
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This social subtext explains why, when he discusses "Shall We Dance" 1937, the scene he chooses is not the title number or the famous roller-skate dance to "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off."
He Just Had to Move Will Friedwald 2011
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Or there were the heel-wheels: a pair of roller-skate wheels you were supposed to clip onto the heels of your shoes.
Why Presents Needn Sam Leith 2010
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The protesters went somewhere better, probably to shoot an abortion doctor at the Planned Parenthood down the street, and the local network found a more interesting story to cover, like some guy on the north side who taught his cat how to roller-skate.
HIGH BEFORE HOMEROOM MAYA SLOAN 2010
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During that Christmas at Little MacDonald Island, Jack had given her a pair of Heelys “roller sneakers”—they looked like regular sneakers, only each shoe had a roller-skate wheel in the heel, allowing you to roll down hills.
THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010
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"Through the negligence of BP we now find ourselves trying to roller-skate up a mountain," she said.
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He tries to roller-skate away from home but, sobbing, loses control and crashes through a bakery's plate-glass window and is badly cut.
Five Best Memoirs Norris Church Mailer 2010
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