roach holder

9.9

A small metal tool like tweezers that holds the end of a joint so you do not burn your fingers

noun
/roʊtʃ ˈhoʊldər/

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He used a roach holder to finish smoking the joint without burning his fingers.

Examples

She always keeps a roach holder in her bag for when the cigarette gets too short.
The roach holder made it much easier to enjoy every last bit of the joint.
He used a roach holder to finish the joint.
Many smokers prefer using roach holders for convenience.
He used a roach holder to finish smoking the joint without burning his fingers.
She always keeps a roach holder in her bag for when the cigarette gets too short.
The roach holder made it much easier to enjoy every last bit of the joint.

Synonyms

roach clip

vsroach holder

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1 9.9

A small metal tool that holds the end of a marijuana cigarette so you do not burn your fingers

focuses on making smoking the remains easier rather than only preventing burns

How Secure

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roach holder

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paper clip

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Surface Forms

roach holder singular

roach holders plural

Morphology

roach + holder

The compound is directly compositional: 'roach' (the charred tip of a smoked joint) + 'holder' (a device that holds things) clearly yields 'a device for holding a roach.' There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift here, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent meanings should be able to infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Roach holder comes from a simple picture: the tiny leftover end of a smoked joint, called a roach, is hard to hold, so people used a small metal holder or tweezers to hold it without burning their fingers. So today roach holder means 'a small tool used to hold the end of a marijuana cigarette so you can smoke the last bit'.