Definition of Rolltop

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of roll-top) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rolltop

1. having a flexible, sliding cover [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rolltop

rollneck
rollnecks
rollock
rollocks
rollout
rollouts
rollover
rollover cable
rollover cables
rollovers
rolls
rolls back
rolls one's own
rolls over
rolls up
rolltop (current term)
rolltop desk
rollunder
rollunders
rollup
rollups
rollway
rollways
rolly-polies
rolly-poly
rolly-pooly
rolly pollies
rolly polly
roly-poly
roly-poly pudding

Literary usage of Rolltop

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"Tales from a rolltop desk. il. $1.75 Doubleday, P. Morley, Lord. The collected works of. Special ed. 15 v. 8° ea. $7.50 Macmillan Morning, noon and night. ..."

2. Viagens ethnographicas sul americanas: Argentina by Charmian London, Online Archive of California, Simoens da Silva (1921)
"... the more important ones in their wire tray, one of many such nested on a small table beside the Oregon myrtle rolltop desk where he transacted business. ..."

3. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1922)
"Macmillan. MARQUIS. DON. Carter, and Other People. Appleton. MEANS. EK Further EK Means. Putnam. MORLEY. CHRISTOPHER. Tales from a rolltop Desk. ..."

4. History of the New York Times, 1851-1921 by Elmer Holmes Davis (1921)
"... widely disseminated, took him into his office, unlocked his rolltop desk, and with tears in his eyes imparted to the new publisher his shameful secret. ..."

5. History of the New York Times, 1851-1921 by Elmer Holmes Davis (1921)
"... widely disseminated, took him into his office, unlocked his rolltop desk, and with tears in his eyes imparted to the new publisher his shameful secret. ..."

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