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Definition of Runabout

1. Noun. An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat.

Definition of Runabout

1. Noun. Any of several small vehicles, especially a small motor car for use on short journeys ¹

2. Noun. (dated) A motor car having a single row of seats ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Runabout

1. a small, open auto [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Runabout

Literary usage of Runabout

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. My Air-ships: The Story of My Life by Alberto Santos-Dumont (1904)
"9," THE LITTLE runabout ONCE I was enamoured of high-power petroleum automobiles: they can go at express-train speed to any part of Europe, finding fuel in ..."

2. The Horseless Age (1904)
"Thus, one frequent source of trouble in the runabout of earlier seasons was ... Another weakness in the earlier runabout engines resided in the fact that ..."

3. Rudder by Thomas Fleming Day (1911)
"HIGH-SPEED V-BOTTOM The accompanying illustrations are of a fast 22-foot V-bottom runabout, designed by WH Hand, Jr., for Kelson Doubleday, of New York. ..."

4. Automobiles: A Practical Treatise on the Construction, Operation, and Care by American School (Chicago, Ill.), Hugo Diemer (1909)
"This type of vehicle is of better finish and design than the runabout, ... runabout style with two seats back to back. Bodies of this type are not now ..."

5. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Maintenance and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1915)
"Sectional View of Brush runabout Motor, a Simple Single-Cylinder Power Plant of the Vertical Type, Designed to Operate at High Speeds. completed in one ..."

6. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Maintenance and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1915)
"Sectional View of Brush runabout Motor, a Simple Single-Cylinder Power Plant of the Vertical Type, Designed to Operate at High Speeds. ..."

7. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Maintenance and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1914)
"Sectional View of Brush runabout Motor, a Simple Single-Cylinder Power Plant of the Vertical Type, Designed to Operate at High Speeds. completed in one ..."

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