Master of the Rolls

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

The sense of a baker is a pun alluding to bread rolls.

Noun[edit]

Master of the Rolls (plural Masters of the Rolls)

  1. The President of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Civil Division, and Head of Civil Justice; a judge who is second in seniority in England and Wales only to the Lord Chief Justice.
  2. (UK, slang, obsolete, humorous) A baker.
    • 1828, George Cruikshank, The Universal Songster, Or Museum of Mirth, page 144:
      What do I care for lawyers! Aʼnt I a baker and Master of the Rolls myself: […]

References[edit]

  • (baker): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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