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Definition of Rolltop
1. having a flexible, sliding cover [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rolltop
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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