roll of snow

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Noun

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roll of snow (plural rolls of snow)

  1. (thieves' cant, obsolete) A stolen piece of Irish linen.
    • 1845, George William M. Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volumes 3-4, page 85:
      Roll of snow, six snooze cases, three narps, and a blood-red fancy.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary