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Examples

  • Rafic looks like a nightclub bouncer: he is tall with a shaven head, a roll-neck sweater and slacks.

    Corruption in Iraq: 'Your son is being tortured. He will die if you don't pay' 2012

  • Dr. Katzman wore only khakis and penny-loafers: his wavy black locks of hair hanging down on a roll-neck navy-blue cotton pull-over sweater; beneath a rumpled navy sport-coat.

    Mick Stingley: Divorces and Breakups Mick Stingley 2011

  • Wear their aubergine floral cotton skirt from £425 with wooly tights, a cashmere roll-neck and flat boots.

    What to Buy Right Now Tina Gaudoin 2012

  • I like Hussein Chalayan's ivory wool jumper (£495), Pringle of Scotland's gray cable-knit roll-neck (£895), Aubin & Wills's classic Aran "Calderwood" (£145) and Toast's baggy cashmere polo-neck (£300).

    The Woolly Logic of Winter Wear Tina Gaudoin 2011

  • Dr. Katzman wore only khakis and penny-loafers: his wavy black locks of hair hanging down on a roll-neck navy-blue cotton pull-over sweater; beneath a rumpled navy sport-coat.

    Mick Stingley: Divorces and Breakups Mick Stingley 2011

  • Keeping your neck warm and semi-supported by a scarf or a roll-neck jumper is also a good idea, says Margo.

    Three-minute fix ... A crick in the neck 2011

  • That mess is now walking around in roll-neck ponchos and Santana deserves so much better than that.

    Watercooler: In Praise of Glee's Santana 2011

  • Wear it over Celine's simple roll-neck £1,150, if you can afford it—or the equivalent from any High Street store—for warmth and style.

    The Woolly Logic of Winter Wear Tina Gaudoin 2011

  • The shooter was a dwarf between thirty and forty years of age, muscular, in fairy-tale tights and a roll-neck sweater right out of Snow White, except for the Makarov nine-millimeter by his hand and a hole as round as a cigarette burn between his eyes.

    Three Stations : An Arkady Renko Novel Martin Cruz Smith 2010

  • Scarves: A man in a roll-neck sweater invites suspicion; you can either put that down to " the James Bond effect " or the tragic Hollywood producer effect have you scraped your graying hair back into a ponytail yet?

    What Should He Be Wearing? Tina Gaudoin 2010

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