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A wooden tube that flattens dough by day and intruders by night.
means A smooth cylindrical kitchen tool, usually wooden, that you roll over dough to flatten and shape it.
from A plain compound of "roll" (the action of moving it back and forth) and "pin" — an old, broad word for a slender peg or rod of wood, the same sense that survives in "clothes pin" and "linchpin." English has used "roller" and "rolling pin" for dough-flattening tools for centuries; the name simply describes what it is and what it does, with no hidden tale beneath the flour.
- weapon stats
- Top women's self-defense tool in old crime cartoons
- world record
- Longest throw exceeds 187 feet
- design split
- French versions skip handles entirely, just tapered wood
- ancient roots
- Etruscans used them over 2,000 years ago
- marble option
- Cold stone keeps pastry butter from melting
french rolling pin — tapered wooden pin without handles, used by pastry chefs since 18th century france for precise dough control
marble rolling pin — solid marble cylinder kept chilled, preferred by professionals for laminated doughs like croissants and danish pastries
adjustable rolling pin — pin with removable rings that set dough thickness uniformly, invented early 1900s for standardized baking