Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cylindrical piece of wood, marble, or copper, having a projecting handle at each end, with which dough, paste, confectioners' sugar, etc., are molded and reduced to a proper thickness.
- noun A wooden implement used by potters for rolling out thin sheets of clay for making pie-plates. It is often made in two parts, the handles being attached to the ends of a wooden rod which passes through the hollow body of the roller.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
rolling pin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun utensil consisting of a cylinder (usually of wood) with a handle at each end; used to roll out dough
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Examples
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She was a short, round-faced stout woman of forty-seven with rolling-pin arms and thick-fingered hands.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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Ever since the recent BBC television hit The Great British Bake Off there's a clue in the title, guys, revealed that it takes virtually one's yearly consumption of butter and a week of rolling-pin action to make a tiny scrap of breakfast that isn't even a bacon sandwich, the charm of these overrated buns has been lost on me.
OK, if the French play up, the croissant gets it | Alex Clark 2011
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She was a short, round-faced stout woman of forty-seven with rolling-pin arms and thick-fingered hands.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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She was a short, round-faced stout woman of forty-seven with rolling-pin arms and thick-fingered hands.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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She was a short, round-faced stout woman of forty-seven with rolling-pin arms and thick-fingered hands.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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I could hear her go at the chunk of dough with the rolling-pin, thinking rather the dough than the backs of my legs.
dublin on a wet day James Claffey 2011
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When I began experimenting with it, I used all of my rolling-pin prowess to roll the fondant paper thin.
Cake Boss Buddy Valastro 2010
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Showing a clip of Cramer using a rolling-pin on a piecrust he was making with Martha Stewart on her TV show, the Stewart said, "Don't you destroy enough dough on your own show?"
John Stewart VS. CNBC AND CRAMER: who is to blame for the foreclosure crisis? 2009
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And at the company's Fryeburg plant, once among the world's biggest rolling-pin producers, former general manager James Mains and dozens of co-workers got standard state benefits -- until they fought the government and got the more generous benefits, too.
Crazy-Quilt Jobless Programs Help Some More Than Others 2009
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When ready take a small portion on a fork or spoon, and rapidly throw it to and fro over a slightly oiled rolling-pin; continue until sufficient threads of sugar are obtained.
What are you doing for Cotton Candy Day? ~~louise~~ 2008
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