Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (also roll, roll round) of people, to arrive, to come home.

a.1789		G. Parker (attrib.) ‘The Sandman’s Wedding’ in Farmer Musa Pedestris (1896) 65: Then up to St. Giles’s they roll’d, sir.
1866		J. Greenwood Little Ragamuffin 62: ‘He’ll be rollin’ in as drunk as Davy’s sow!’.
1916		W.A. Du Puy Uncle Sam 38: Meantime the genial examiner had rolled in upon the bank [DA].
1918		R. Lardner Treat ’Em Rough 147: You can bet they was tickled to death to see our bunch roll in.
1922		Joyce Ulysses 356: Husband rolling in drunk, stink of pub off him like a polecat.
1925		Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves 206: I was hoping he wouldn’t roll round with his hard-luck story too early in the morning.
1953		E. Reid Shame of N.Y. 38: [T]he syndicate gang [...] rolled into the exposed channels of graft and took over areas formerly milked by cops.
1973		G.V. Higgins Digger’s Game (1981) 7: I guess I roll in about four.
1995		J. Cameron Vinnie Got Blown Away 112: Then again clubs might want you on the door someone never rolled in.

2. (US) to go to bed.

1890		Stock Grower and Farmer 17 May 5/3: The older hands soon rolled in, leaving him and the kids around the fire [DA].
1917		Boy’s Own Paper XL:2 61: I’ll be rollin’ in, now. Good night.
1925		J. Stevens ‘Logger Talk’ in AS I:3 139: When the logger goes to bed he ‘rolls in.’.

3. of objects, to appear, to arrive.

1903		A. Binstead Pitcher in Paradise 194: There’s just a possibility o’ the dibs rollin’ in after all.
1925		Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves 78: My next month’s money was due to roll in on Saturday.
1937		J. Curtis There Ain’t No Justice 194: Then the dough’ll begin to roll in.
1951		D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 36: As soon as the coin started rolling in I was going to buy one of those new automobiles.
1957		R. Prather Always Leave ’Em Dying 114: The money will roll in.
c.1960		in E. Cray Erotic Muse (1992) 107: My father makes illegal whiskey. / My mother makes illegal gin. / My sister sells sin in the corner. / My God, how the money rolls in.
1999		K. Sampson Powder 71: I expect you to look after me when the millions come rolling in.