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ˈroll-away, a.
Also rollaway.
[f. to roll away.]
That may be removed on wheels or castors. Also absol. as n., a roll-away bed.
1938Sun (Baltimore) 13 Oct. 11/3 Mr. Latham invented the ‘roll-away’ stage over the footlights which is used in many motion-picture houses. 1941–2Sears, Roebuck Catal. 689/4 Odora Roll-Away Chest... 4 easy⁓rolling ball bearing casters. Ibid. 1274/7 (Index), Roll-a-way Chests 689 Roll-a-way Cots 904C. 1958Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 4 June 14/2 Cots and roll-aways donated by townspeople after a radio appeal. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 29 Mar. 119/1 There are no litter problems, eggs are laid in rollaway nests, the floor area per bird is only 1 sq ft. 1960Washington Post 27 Nov. e3 Three rollaway beds and a cot are stacked during the day on the back porch. 1966A. Cavanaugh Children are Gone ii. iii. 30 A musty old building... Three rooms with a rollaway bed, which she and two other girls had taken turns occupying. 1969Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 16 Nov. 2/2 The charming young hostess..offered to get a roll⁓away cot for me. 1971A. A. Michele You don't have to Ache ix. 188 Frequently the ‘rollaways’ that motels keep for the use of children are harder and better for your back than the regular bed mattress. 1974Country Life 21 Nov. 1580/2 You get another big double bed down⁓stairs and a roll-away bunk. |
