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Rolling pin   /rˈoʊlɪŋ pɪn/   Listen
Rolling pin

noun
1.
Utensil consisting of a cylinder (usually of wood) with a handle at each end; used to roll out dough.






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"Rolling pin" Quotes from Famous Books



... pie contest over at Gondrecourt, "Ma" and one of her lassie helpers set out to break the record of 316 pies as a day's work. Their oven would hold but six pies at a time; their hut had but just been opened and all their equipment had not yet arrived, so they were short a rolling pin, which had to be carved from a broken wagon-shaft with a jack-knife before they could begin; but they achieved the baking of 324 pies between 6 A.M. and 6 P.M. that day. It is fair to state for the sake of the doubter, however, that the pie fillers, both pumpkin ...
— The War Romance of the Salvation Army • Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill

... face of an iron should never be put down on a seam or any part of a waist, but the side or point should be used, care being taken not to stretch a curved seam. A small rolling pin, a broom stick, a chair rocker, or any rounded stick well covered can be used for pressing curved seams or sleeves. This lessens the danger of marking the seams on the right side. These are only makeshifts; a regular half round sleeve ...
— Textiles and Clothing • Kate Heintz Watson



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