rolling pin
a cylinder of wood or other material, usually with a short handle at each end, for rolling out dough.
Origin of rolling pin
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How to use rolling pin in a sentence
Using a rolling pin or your fingers roll or press the dough out to an even circle about 11 to 12 inches in diameter.
I love this book, and it makes me want to pack up my apron and rolling pin and head into the kitchen of Baked in Brooklyn.
They did better execution at a tub than at a spinet, and could handle a rolling-pin more satisfactorily than a sketch-book.
The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book | VariousHere she brandished the rolling pin over Charley, raising herself higher as the boy shrank from her threatening motions.
Watch Yourself Go By | Al. G. FieldClutching the rolling pin as a "war-club," Koku started through the darkness toward Tom's private laboratory.
Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope | Victor Appleton
To make them tender beat them on both sides with a wooden beetle or with the end of a rolling-pin.
Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed. | Sulpice BaruThen roll the piece out with the rolling pin until it is the required thickness and cut it out in the shape desired.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
British Dictionary definitions for rolling pin
a cylinder with handles at both ends, often of wood, used for rolling dough, pastry, etc, out flat
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