rolls

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UK/ɹəʊlz/US/ɹoʊlz/UK/ˈɹəʊlz/US/ˈɹoʊlz/

proper noun

A surname.

CommonScrabble 5

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rolls1

noun
  1. pluralplural of roll
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of roll

Rolls2

nounRolls (plural Rolls)
  1. abbreviationellipsisinformalEllipsis of Rolls-Royce.

    Steven was taking his time pulling the Rolls convertible around to the door.

    2008, Gail McFarland, Drem Runner, →ISBN, page 36
    3 more examples

    An exclusive feature is the triple-safe brakes in the Rolls—two independent hydraulic systems plus mechanical linkage to the rear wheels.

    1965 January, Jim Dunne, Alex Markovich, “How Plus is a Luxury Car?”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 125, number 1, Hearst Magazines, →ISSN, page 96

    ‘What is the most expensive car?’ she had once asked Stan. ‘A cad – Cadillac or a Rolls,’ Stan had said, and sometimes Raoul had a Cadillac, sometimes a Rolls-Royce.

    1968, Rumer Godden, “L’Élégance”, in Swans & Turtles: Stories, London; Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne, Vic.: Macmillan, →OCLC, page 159

    Thus a $100,000 Rolls could earn a tax credit of $6,000 and first-year depreciation of almost $25,000.

    1985 March, “A Loophole Big Enough For A Rolls”, in Changing Times, volume 39, number 3, Kiplinger Washington Editors, →ISSN, page 9
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