rolling paper
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈroʊlɪŋ ˈpeɪpər/
:
papel de liar
- He always keeps a pack of rolling papers in his bag for when he needs to roll his own cigarettes.
- rolling paper with tobacco
I just ripped some pages out of my brother's childhood Bible to use as makeshift rolling papers.
- I just ripped some pages out of my brother's childhood Bible to use as makeshift rolling papers.
Examples
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Jay and Bob move to follow, but the cop stops them, grabbing the rolling papers out of Jay's hand.
Fiction book (2001) -
In addition to the cigarettes, the purse also contained cigarette-rolling papers.
Academic text (2000) -
Yeah, but I gotta get some rolling papers from the store first.
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Sarah, you got any rolling papers?
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Here are the rolling papers you wanted for your pot.
Fiction book (2001) -
Deep in her chair, Sheila licked the end of her rolling paper.
Fiction book (1993) -
Grandpa sat back in his chair, put his drink down, took a rolling paper out of his shirt pocket, and grabbed his pouch of tobacco off the coffee table.
Fiction book (1995) -
Gill got a job at a head shop in Huntington Beach, selling bongs and cherry-flavored rolling papers.
Fiction book (1995) -
When he decided to quit smoking, he threw away the last of his rolling papers along with the tobacco.
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At the convenience store, you can find a variety of rolling papers designed for different smoking preferences.
Synonyms
1
2.8
Thin paper that you roll around tobacco to make a cigarette
1
9.9
A thin paper for rolling cigarettes by hand
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is transparently formed from 'rolling' (the participle of 'roll' meaning to form into a cylinder or to wrap) + 'paper', so its sense—paper used for rolling cigarettes—is directly inferable from the constituents. This is a regular participle + noun construction found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows 'roll' and 'paper' would reasonably understand the meaning.
Etymology
Rolling paper comes from the simple image of thin paper used for rolling tobacco into 'cigarettes'. Because you actually roll the tobacco in this paper to make a 'cigarette', the name now means the thin paper made for that use.