dandy-roller

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Noun

dandy-roller (plural dandy-rollers)

  1. Alternative form of dandy roller
    • 1852, Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences:
      The above method of finishing the marks or designs applies only where the device is to be sewn on to the mould or dandy-roller with wire ; but when solder is used, the metal device may — after having been cut, as before mentioned, and cleared from the other parts of the cut plate, card-board, or veneer—be at once affixed by solder to the mould or dandy-roller;
    • 1952, Paper Maker and British Paper Trade Journal:
      In the early 19th century the dandy-roller was invented to impart watermarks on machine-made paper.
    • 1916, Frederick John Melville, Postage Stamps in the Making, page 6:
      The dandy-roller here takes the place of thhe length and breadth of the wire forming a hand-mould, the chief difference eing that the length is "endless."
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