stone roller

noun

1. a small silvery freshwater cyprinid fish, Campostoma anomalum, of the eastern US, having a narrow black stripe on the dorsal and anal fins

Word History and Origins

Origin of stone roller¹

C19: so called because it pushes stones about in building its nest

Example Sentences

When morning comes, they take it from the jar, and spreading it on a stone bench, make it into paste with a stone roller.

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An unfortunate child who lived there had never been so well since the stone roller went over his head.

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Then two other men came, and they were dragging a great heavy stone roller behind them.

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Dick spoke to several of the group and seated himself on a stone roller beside the cinders.

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When I invented the chemical printing afterward, I held that a stone roller could be used for this work as well as a wooden one.

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