spring roll

noun Chinese Cookery.
an egg roll.
Origin:
1965–70; translation of Chinese chūn-juǎn

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spring roll
 
—n
a Chinese dish consisting of a savoury mixture of vegetables and meat rolled up in a thin pancake and fried

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