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lush-roll

lush-roll verb: to steal from a drunk who is unconscious.

Verb

lush-roll (third-person singular simple present lush-rolls, present participle lush-rolling, simple past and past participle lush-rolled)

  1. To steal from a drunk who is unconscious.
    • Another Marine, who gets the Dear John letter, is being lush-rolled in a dive when the Marines come to the rescue and wreck the joint.1955, Collier's - Volume 135, page 8
    • "I'm appealing to you as one Razor Back to another," and he pulled out his Razor Back card, a memo of his lush-rolling youth.1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 177

Forms of lush-roll

third-person singular presentlush-rolls
present participlelush-rolling
past participlelush-rolled
pastlush-rolled

Words formed from lush-roll

Questions about lush-roll

What does lush-roll mean?
Lush-roll means to steal from a drunk who is unconscious.
What part of speech is lush-roll?
Lush-roll is a verb.
What is the past tense of lush-roll?
The past tense of lush-roll is lush-rolled.

Words near lush-roll in the dictionary

  1. lush up
  2. lush worker
  3. lush workers
  4. lush-crib
  5. lush-cribs
  6. lush-roll
  7. lush-rolled
  8. lush-roller
  9. lush-rollers
  10. lush-rolling
  11. lush-rolls

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