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Rockaway U.S.|ˈrɒkəweɪ|
[f. the place name of Rockaway, New Jersey.]
A four-wheeled carriage, open at the sides, with two or three seats and a standing top, used in the United States. Also attrib.
1845M. M. Noah Gleanings from Gathered Harvest 174, I keep a little Rockaway wagon. 1846Spirit of Times 9 May 121/1 The price of a ‘Rockaway’ carriage which will carry eight persons depends very much on its finish. 1846Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 121 Dr. Liddon Pennock has driven by me in his rockaway. 1863C. C. Hopley Life in South I. 58 Those not possessing carriages and ‘rockaways’ availing themselves of waggons. 1884Harper's Mag. June 86/2 With the aid of the family rockaway the..party were at the boat-house. 1944T. D. Clark Pills, Petticoats & Plows 292 Everywhere carriage makers turned out fancy..‘cutunders’, ‘rockaways’,..and ‘heavy duties’. 1948J. D. Rittenhouse Amer. Horse-Drawn Vehicles 19 Rockaway or depot wagon. |