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ˈroll-up, n. and a.
[f. roll v.2]
A. n.
1.
†a. = rolling-hose (see rolling vbl. n.2 9 b).
1755Mason Let. to Gray 27 June, The altitude of his square-toed shoe heels, the breadth of his milk-and-watered rollups. 1824L. M. Hawkins Mem. I. 51 The exactitude with which his stockings preserved their place in the obsolete form of roll-ups.
b. = roly-poly n. 5. Also applied to salad, cooked food, etc., that is rolled up to form (part of) a dish. U.S.
1856F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlst. 172, I whipped out, and got a puff, and a lump of raspberry roll-up. 1860Geo. Eliot Mill on Fl. i. vi, I know what the pudden's to be—apricot roll-up. 1949New Yorker 19 Nov. 94/3 Lunch box salad roll-ups. Roll up individual servings of finely shredded vegetable salad or coleslaw in a cabbage or lettuce leaf, fasten with a toothpick, [etc.]. 1952Sun (Baltimore) 17 Jan. (B ed.) 12/1 (heading) Apple-ham rollups. 1977Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. xi. 3/1 Place 2 tablespoons of mixture on each slice of roast beef; roll up. Place green beans on bottom of buttered shallow 10-by-6-by-2-inch casserole. Top with roll-ups.
c. An article of luggage coiled or rolled up and secured by means of a strap.
1831M. Edgeworth Let. 6 May (1971) 536 A dressing-case—leather-roll-up which he preferred to a box. 1890S. J. Duncan Soc. Departure 71 One portmanteau and a ‘roll-up’.
d. A hand-rolled cigarette. slang (orig. Prisoners').
1950P. Tempest Lag's Lexicon 181 A ‘good’ roll-up is one that has a reasonable amount of tobacco in it. 1958F. Norman Bang to Rights 55 A real snout, not even a roll up. 1963T. Parker Unknown Citizen i. 23 The cigarette..was tasteless after the strong roll-ups in prison. 1967Daily Tel. 21 Feb. 15/7 They smoked what one girl described as a ‘roll-up’, a loosely-rolled cigarette containing hemp. 1977New Society 6 Oct. 24/2 An old man with one leg coughed in an agonising manner as he inhaled a very thin and slightly sad looking roll-up.
2. Austr. An assembly, a general gathering or meeting. (Cf. roll v.2 13 b.)
1861Times 9 Sept., No sooner was this fact known on the diggings than there was a ‘roll-up’ to demand their instant release. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right xxxv, Making as much noise as if you'd hired the bellman for a roll-up.
B. adj. That can be rolled up; suitable for rolling up; made by rolling up.
1908Sears, Roebuck Catal. 97/1 Two roll-up straps. 1923Daily Mail 12 Feb. 2 (Advt.), Roll-up felts at half price. 1939–40[see fold v.1 1 e]. 1948Sunday Pictorial 29 Aug. 6/4 A prisoner will do anything for tobacco. He will sell his dinner for two thin ‘roll-up’ cigarettes which have less tobacco in them than there is in a respectable cigarette-end. 1964McCall's Sewing 168/1 The true roll-up sleeve..must be made of fabric with no right and wrong side. 1966J. Gardner Amber Nine x. 148 Back down the cat-walk to the main roll-up garage⁓type door. 1974Camping & Caravanning Sept. 12/3 The awning has a nylon zip arched ‘stable door’ type doorway and a complete roll-up front.
Add:[B.] 2. Comm. roll-up fund, a form of investment fund in world currencies on which no dividend is paid and the return is taxed as a capital gain instead of as income. Also absol. and roll-up share, etc.
1983Financial Times 18 Jan. 7/4 A government consultative document on proposals to clamp down on international tax avoidance failed to mention offshore roll-up funds. 1983Times 2 July 14/7 (heading) Schroder offers roll-up to smaller investors. Ibid., ‘Roll-up’ funds..are based in Bermuda and managed out of Jersey. 1983Observer 3 July 21/4 Offshore currency funds offering ‘roll up’ shares have recently been attracting tax-conscious savers. 1986What Investment July 14/2 (Advt.), There are monthly feature articles delving deep into relevant topics, such as offshore funds, technology for the unit trust industry, roll ups,..[etc.]. 1989European Investor Feb. 42/3 Sicavs are barred from offering roll-up funds to investors, because the Government insists that dividends must be paid to investors on the nail, so that they can be taxed. |