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rockaway

[ rok-uh-wey ]

noun

  1. a light, four-wheeled carriage having two or three seats and a fixed top.


rockaway

/ ˈɒəˌɱɪ /

noun

  1. 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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rockaway1

1835–45, Americanism; apparently named after Rockaway, town in N New Jersey
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Example Sentences

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When a developer of the Rockaway Hotel in Queens, after spotting them on Instagram, ordered 27, Hill’s business, Hazel & Shirley, named after her grandmother and mother, was born.

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There were no Republicans on the list given to Korn or her canvassing partner, Debbie Simons, an East Rockaway resident who works as a business systems analyst.

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We also got “Long Tall Texan,” a nod to the fact that we were in fact at a country festival, and, in something I did not have on my Stagecoach bingo card, a surprisingly delightful cover of the Ramones’ “Rockaway Beach.”

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Officer Jonathan Diller, a three-year veteran of the New York Police Department, was killed after stopping a motorist in the Far Rockaway neighborhood just before 6 p.m. on Monday.

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Mr. Trump is expected to appear on Thursday at the wake for Officer Jonathan Diller, a three-year veteran of the New York Police Department who was killed after stopping a motorist in the Far Rockaway neighborhood just before 6 p.m. on Monday.

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