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[ rok-uh-wey ] / ˈrɒk əˌweɪ /
nouna light, four-wheeled carriage having two or three seats and a fixed top. Origin of rockaway1835–45, Americanism; apparently named after Rockaway, town in N New Jersey Words nearby rockawayrock-a-bye, “Rock-a-Bye, Baby”, Rockall, rock-and-roll, rock and rye, rockaway, rock bass, rock beauty, rock blenny, rock bolt, rock boot Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rockawayThe annual battle to build the most outrageously creative sand castle was held on Rockaway Beach in Queens on Friday. The 2013 Artist Sand Castle Competition Hosted by Creative Time (PHOTOS)|Isabel Wilkinson|August 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST He spoke as if he lived in Rockaway as he suggested that Hurricane Sandy was something that the leaders should have anticipated. Weiner’s Desperate Rockaway Trip|Michael Daly|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST He has often acknowledged that the Rockaway vote was what put him in Congress in the first place. Weiner’s Desperate Rockaway Trip|Michael Daly|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST And with all of this comes a feeling that Rockaway is too often forgotten. Weiner’s Desperate Rockaway Trip|Michael Daly|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“Anthony Weiner is the mayoral candidate for mayor,” said John Cori of the Friends of Rockaway. Weiner’s Desperate Rockaway Trip|Michael Daly|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST Then I went back to the rockaway, but met Mrs. Sparrowgrass and the children on the road coming to meet me. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.)|Various Farther west, on the S. shore are grown the well-known Rockaway oysters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8|Various For later grouting work, namely, in the top of the concrete lining inside the metal lining, Rockaway Beach sand was used. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910|B. H. M. Hewett I hope Mr. Garrabrant gets safely down to Rockaway with his boatload of human freight. Camp Fires of the Wolf Patrol|Alan Douglas The famous resorts of Rockaway and Coney Island are reached in from one to two hours by steamer. Lights and Shadows of New York Life|James D. McCabe
British Dictionary definitions for rockaway
nounUS a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, usually with two seats and a hard top Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |