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handroll

The English word “handroll” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A piece of sushi in the form of a cone of seaweed filled with rice, fish, vegetables etc.
  2. A piece of material placed in a patient's hand as an anticontracture measure.

Etymology

From hand + roll. Calque of Japanese 手巻き (temaki).

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