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rolls-royce

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Rolls-Royce 
registered 1908 as trademark, named for designers C.S. Rolls (1877-1910) and Sir Henry Royce (1863-1933). Extended 1916 to any product of high quality. Shortened form Rolls first attested 1928.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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