Master of the Rolls

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Master of the Rolls

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

noun 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, humorous, obsolete, slang A baker. What do I care for lawyers! Aʼnt I a baker and Master of the Rolls myself: […]

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@misc{master_of_the_rolls_2026,
  title = {Master of the Rolls},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/master%20of%20the%20rolls},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}