roll of snow

English

Noun

roll of snow (plural rolls of snow)

1. (thieves' cant, obsolete) A stolen piece of Irish linen.
   • 1845, George William M. Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volumes 3-4, page 85:

     Roll of snow, six snooze cases, three narps, and a blood-red fancy.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary