roller

[ UK /ɹˈə‍ʊlɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈɹoʊɫɝ/ ]

NOUN

pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
a grounder that rolls along the infield
a cylinder that revolves
a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)
a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight
Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers

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The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe.
Jake changes overnight from drippy layabout to high roller.
Most fault conditions will set a ABS fault code in the CAB (controller anti-lock brake), which can be retrieved to aid in fault diagnosis.
Through the result of experiment, we observe that this controller can assure spot weld quality.
The shamal comes in quickly and silently, like an ocher paint roller, and can blow for several days straight, subsiding slightly at night when the air is cooler. Peace Meals
Military air traffic controllers were called in to do the job. Times, Sunday Times
By that definition, Darren, absolutely anyone with a website must be a troller too.
Why do men listen with more strict attention to an inflammatory harangue, that may not be argumentative, than to a prosaical discourse, that is, to an anecdote than to a prayer, to an extravaganza than to a lecture, or derive more pleasure from pantomimic drollery than from Hamlet, or hearing an opera they do not understand than from reading an essay they do. A Controversy Between "Erskine" and "W. M." on the Practicability of Suppressing Gambling.
Of course the 'nester' or 'punkin roller,' as we contemptuously called the small farmer, began sifting in here and there in spite of our guns, but he was only a mosquito bite in comparison with the trouble which our cow-punchers stirred up. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West
Dey allowed de patterollers to snoop around an 'whup de slaves, mother said dey stripped some of de slaves naked an' whupped 'em. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1

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