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rouleau
[ roo-loh ]
noun
- a roll or strip of something, as trimming on a hat brim.
- a stack or roll of coins put up in cylindrical form in a paper wrapping.
rouleau
/ ˈruːləʊ /
noun
- a roll of paper containing coins
- often plural a roll of ribbon
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of rouleau1
Example Sentences
The blood was fluid, of the color and appearance of port-wine lees; under the microscope the corpuscles were shrivelled and crenated, and there was a space apparent between them as they were arranged in rouleaux.
He hastened to the safe and was back in two minutes with twenty rouleaux of sovereigns.
But I still had in my pockets the loose gold won at our first game, and the three rouleaux left by Lowenstein were still in my trunk.
He quietly slipped into his hand a little rouleau of ten pounds in gold.
Surprised as well as disconcerted, he looked through the square of glass, and saw Whittaker engaged in counting a number of packages, which he perceived to be rouleaus of gold.
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