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 n.— «You are going along, going along and then you see these hills which are becoming bigger. All of a sudden, you are in the hills going up and down; in biking parlance they are called rollers.» —“Namibia” by Kerri Finlayson Tour d’Afrique 2008 Apr. 27, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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