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1800 Bancks's Manch. & Salford Directory 2 Ackroyd, John, roller-maker.

1842 J. Bischoff Woollen Manuf. II. xii. 416 (table) Roller-joiners..Children.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Roller-maker, a manufacturer of cylinders of different kinds.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Roller-joiners, children employed in certain processes of the woollen manufacture.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1799/2 The arm m s is the roller-carrier, which swings on a pivot.

1887 Daily News 21 Oct. 3/5 My first phonograph consisted simply of a roller-carrying foil.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 708/1 Since then glycerin has been introduced for roller making.

1936 F. D. Jones Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers & Inventors II. xiv. 451 This movement transfers the stack of five pieces to the roller carrier and completes the cycle.

1992 M. G. Lay Ways of World iii. 85 Steam traction engines became available in 1842, and the British roller-making firm of Aveling realized that they could be used to replace the underpowered horse.

2000 R. M. Martin Lancs. Giant i. 7 William's older sister was a weaver, his younger brother a ‘roller maker’, and his parents both cotton-mule spinners.