jelly roll

jelly roll
noun Date: 1871 a thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and rolled up

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  • Jelly roll — can refer to: * Swiss roll, a jelly filled rolled cake * Jelly Roll Morton, a jazz musician * , a slang term for a lover, intercourse, or the sexual parts * Jelly Roll (producer), is an American hip hop producer * Jellyroll (rapper), A gangster… …   Wikipedia

  • jelly roll — jelly rolls N VAR Jelly roll is a cylindrical cake made from a thin, flat cake which is covered with jam or cream on one side, then rolled up. [AM] (in BRIT, use swiss roll) …   English dictionary

  • jelly roll — jelly ,roll noun count or uncount AMERICAN a cake that is made in one long thin layer that is spread with JELLY then rolled up …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • jelly roll — jelly .roll n AmE a long thin cake that is rolled up with ↑jam or cream inside British Equivalent: swiss roll …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • jelly roll — noun : a thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and rolled up while hot * * * noun, pl ⋯ rolls [count] US : a thin sheet of cake that is spread with jelly and rolled up called also (Brit) Swiss roll * * * ˈjelly roll f4 [jelly roll] ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • jelly roll — n American a. a woman s sex organs b. sexual intercourse c. a woman seen as a sexual partner, sex object or sweetheart d. a male lover or seducer All these terms, popularised by their use in jazz, blues and rock music, derive from black American… …   Contemporary slang

  • Jelly Roll Morton — Jelly Roll Morton, 1917 „Jelly Roll“ Morton (* 20. September 1885[1] in Gulfport/Mississippi als Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe; † 10. Juli 1941 in Los Angeles) war ein US amerikanischer Pianist, Komponist und Band Leader. Er gilt als einer der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 'Jelly Roll' Morton — ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton [Jelly Roll Morton] (1885–1941) a US ↑jazz piano player who is regarded as the first great writer of jazz music. He helped to develop ↑ragtime into New Orleans jazz. He was born Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton in ↑New… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Jelly Roll Morton — J. R. Morton hacia 1917. Datos generales Nombre real Ferdinad Joseph LaMenthe (según algunos autores, LaMothe, convertido después en Lemott) …   Wikipedia Español

  • Jelly Roll Morton — Infobox musical artist Name = Jelly Roll Morton Img capt = Morton c. 1917 Img size = 134 Landscape = Background = non vocal instrumentalist Birth name = Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe (possibly LaMotte or La Menthe) Alias = Jelly Roll Morton Born = ca …   Wikipedia

  • Jelly Roll Morton — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Morton. Ferdinand « Jelly Roll » Morton (Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe[1]) était un pianiste et chanteur de jazz américain né le 20 octobre 1885[2 …   Wikipédia en Français

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