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Roller coaster

noun

Anything characterized by abrupt and extreme changes (especially up and down).

Elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines). Synonyms: big dipper, chute-the-chute.

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"Roller coaster" Quotes from Famous Books

... dead right about that, for the further we got into New Hampshire the more the road looked like it had been built by a roller coaster fan. I always had a notion this was a small state, from the way it looks on the map, but I'll bet if it could be rolled flat once it would spread out near as big as Texas. All we did was to climb up and up and then slide down and down. Generally at the bottom was one of these covered ...

— Torchy and Vee • Sewell Ford

... the children had arrived and all the necklaces were finished, the boys and girls gathered in the long hall, where Johnnie Jones's roller coaster was ready for them. Each child had three rides, and enjoyed them all, for the hall was unusually long, and with a good start, one could go to the end of it, almost as ...

— All About Johnnie Jones • Carolyn Verhoeff

... stock market," the bartender said, picking up the glass and towel again and starting to work in a semiautomatic fashion. "It's going up and down like a regular roller coaster. I know because I got a few little things going for me there—nothing much, you understand, but I keep an eye out for developments. It doesn't make any sense, Mr. Malone. Even the financial columnists can't make sense out ...

— Occasion for Disaster • Gordon Randall Garrett