rollerskate

rollerskate
rollerskate (n.) also roller-skate, 1861, Amer.Eng., from ROLLER (Cf. roller) + SKATE (Cf. skate) (n.). The verb is from 1885. Related: Rollerskated; rollerskating. Derived Roller derby is attested from 1936.

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