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roller towel

noun

  1. a long towel sewed together at the ends and hung on a roller.


roller towel

noun

  1. a towel with the two ends sewn together, hung on a roller
  2. a continuous towel wound inside a roller enabling a clean section to be pulled out when required
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of roller towel1

First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences

Her voice broke and Minnie, scenting a tragedy but ignorant of it, went back to her kitchen to cry into the roller towel.

He sluiced his face with cold water at the sink, and slush-slushed his head in a roller-towel, talking the while.

There's a bar of soap down there and a roller towel, so I guess you won't have to go dirty.

He had seen the roller towel hanging beside the sink, and judged from its appearance that it had already been used nearly a week.

She stopped and, with a tenderly spoken admonition, covered her more closely with the roller towel.

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