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roll-on en · ADJ

Etymology

Deverbal from roll on.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of deodorant, usually) Applied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir.

Relateds

rolldown · roll-up · roll-on roll-off · rollabout · rolloff

roll-on en · NOUN

Etymology

Deverbal from roll on.

Meanings

1. (dated, in-plural, often) A type of corset which is rolled on to the body.
   • Roll-ons and lastex^([sic]) corsets in tube form were a lighter type of corset mostly worn by young women and under summer clothes. 1997, Marianne Thesander, The Feminine Ideal, page 139:
   • We've had […] the Dior padded hips and bosoms, bustles for big bums, roll-ons for flat bums, and who remembers Sabrina in the 50s? She had to be hour-glass shape. 2007 November 6, Michele Hanson, The Guardian:
2. A cosmetic product (especially a deodorant) applied by means of a ball at the head of a container, which rolls the product on to the skin etc.
   • I never minded aerosols. But in the interests of the environment, I changed to roll-ons. 1999 July 16, Laura Craik, The Guardian:

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Translations (6)

sv roll-on (cosmetic product) · pl dezodorant w kulce (cosmetic product) · de Deoroller (cosmetic product) · pl gorset elastyczny (type of corset) · bg ластичен колан (type of corset) · fi roll-on (cosmetic product)