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Rolls|rəʊlz|
colloq. abbrev. Rolls-Royce. Also attrib. and fig.
1928E. Wallace Double i. 9 Dick knew the gentleman very well by name; indeed, he had recognised his big yellow Rolls standing outside the hotel. 1932Auden Orators iii. 101 In Rolls or on bicycle they bolt for mama. a1963‘Beachcomber’ Best of Beachcomber (1963) ix. 102 She has a Rolls body and a Balham mind. 1965New Statesman 14 May 753/3 He is essentially a working..journalist who sees the paper ‘off the stone’ in the composing room every night before driving by Rolls to his Greenwich home. 1977C. McCullough Thorn Birds x. 224 Do you think Bob might let me borrow the old Rolls, if not the new one? |