"dandy-roll" meaning in English

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      "form": "dandy-rolls",
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        "plural"
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      "expansion": "dandy-roll (plural dandy-rolls)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "dandy roller"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1886, Charles Thomas Davis, The Manufacture of Paper",
          "text": "Heretofore the manner in which these accumulations have been removed was to take the dandy-roll out of position, causing a stoppage of the machine and a consequent loss of production.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1918, The Paper-maker and British Paper Trade Journal",
          "text": "According to this invention the bearing of the dandy-roll at each end is carried on a pillar or support on top of an upper plate supported on springs, rubber pads, oil or air cushions or the like fitted between the upper plate and lower plate.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, R. H. Clapperton, The Paper-making Machine",
          "text": "The body of the roll was made in much the same way as any dandy-roll is made at the present time.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of dandy roller"
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          "dandy roller#English"
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  "word": "dandy-roll"
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    {
      "form": "dandy-rolls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "dandy-roll (plural dandy-rolls)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "dandy roller"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1886, Charles Thomas Davis, The Manufacture of Paper",
          "text": "Heretofore the manner in which these accumulations have been removed was to take the dandy-roll out of position, causing a stoppage of the machine and a consequent loss of production.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1918, The Paper-maker and British Paper Trade Journal",
          "text": "According to this invention the bearing of the dandy-roll at each end is carried on a pillar or support on top of an upper plate supported on springs, rubber pads, oil or air cushions or the like fitted between the upper plate and lower plate.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, R. H. Clapperton, The Paper-making Machine",
          "text": "The body of the roll was made in much the same way as any dandy-roll is made at the present time.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of dandy roller"
      ],
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          "dandy roller#English"
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  "word": "dandy-roll"
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