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rollies

rollies is the plural of rollie.

rollies is the plural of rolly.

Meaning of rollie

Noun

rollie (plural rollies)

  1. (UK, slang) A cigarette rolled by hand.
    • “It was great vibes, people were coming out of the pub offering me rollies. They really did get it. It’s a stupid pun,” said Gaze who moved to the area about 15 years ago.2016 March 15, Mark Tran, “Broccoli in Brockley: sand sculptor in 'fat cat' gentrification protest”, in The Guardian

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Meaning of rolly

Adjective

rolly (not generally comparable, comparative more rolly, superlative most rolly)

  1. (informal, not comparable, usually) Rolling; having the ability to roll, usually due to wheels attached on the bottom.
    • “Back east, eh?” Jogi plucked a rolly bug from a grape. He said in a dry tone, “He didn't like you working for us, did he?”1957, Vinnie Williams, The Fruit Tramp
  2. (comparable, not comparable, usually) Rough, turbulent, characterized by large or rapid waves.
    • San Diego’s legacy to America’s Cup history has little to do with the light-air, rolly-sea conditions off Point Loma1995 January, Tim Murphy, “The San Diego uncertainty principle”, in Cruising World, page 63

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Noun capitalized: Rollies

Rollies

  1. (plural) plural of Rollie

Questions about rollies

What is rollies the plural of?
Rollies is the plural of rollie.
What part of speech is rollies?
Rollies is a noun.

Words near rollies in the dictionary

  1. rollicks
  2. rollicksome
  3. rollicksomeness
  4. rollicky
  5. rollie
  6. rollies
  7. Rollin
  8. Rollin film
  9. Rollin films
  10. rollin'
  11. rolling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rollies (page history and authors); Rollies (page history and authors); rollie (page history and authors); rolly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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