"dandy-roller" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1852, Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences:",
          "text": "The above method of finishing the marks or designs applies only where the device is to be sewn on to the mould or dandy-roller with wire ; but when solder is used, the metal device may — after having been cut, as before mentioned, and cleared from the other parts of the cut plate, card-board, or veneer—be at once affixed by solder to the mould or dandy-roller;",
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          "ref": "1952, Paper Maker and British Paper Trade Journal:",
          "text": "In the early 19th century the dandy-roller was invented to impart watermarks on machine-made paper.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1916, Frederick John Melville, Postage Stamps in the Making, page 6:",
          "text": "The dandy-roller here takes the place of thhe length and breadth of the wire forming a hand-mould, the chief difference eing that the length is \"endless.\"",
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        "Alternative form of dandy roller"
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  "word": "dandy-roller"
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          "ref": "1852, Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences:",
          "text": "The above method of finishing the marks or designs applies only where the device is to be sewn on to the mould or dandy-roller with wire ; but when solder is used, the metal device may — after having been cut, as before mentioned, and cleared from the other parts of the cut plate, card-board, or veneer—be at once affixed by solder to the mould or dandy-roller;",
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          "ref": "1952, Paper Maker and British Paper Trade Journal:",
          "text": "In the early 19th century the dandy-roller was invented to impart watermarks on machine-made paper.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1916, Frederick John Melville, Postage Stamps in the Making, page 6:",
          "text": "The dandy-roller here takes the place of thhe length and breadth of the wire forming a hand-mould, the chief difference eing that the length is \"endless.\"",
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        }
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        "Alternative form of dandy roller"
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