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Definition of Rockaway
1. Noun. (dated) A light, low, four-wheeled carriage with standing top, open at the sides, but with waterproof curtains for bad weather. ¹
2. Noun. (dated) A similar but heavier carriage, enclosed except at the front, and with a door at each side. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rockaway
1. a light carriage [n -WAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rockaway
Literary usage of Rockaway
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register by Horace Greeley (1901)
"7% W 2 Myopia Polo Club Cups (1899, won by Westchester)—Hamilton, Mass., September
4, 5 and 8: Junior Polo Cups (Hazard) (1899, won by rockaway ..."
2. Ballads of New Jersey in the Revolution by Charles Davis Platt (1896)
"GENERAL WINDS of rockaway. 1776-7. HAVE you heard the General pray ? Brave General
Winds of rockaway ; In the Deacons' meetings that they hold Where ..."
3. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1910)
"THE rockaway VALLEY BELT. The rockaway Valley belt of mines is poorly developed.
Aside from the opening northeast of Pottersville and a few exploring pits ..."
4. Cases Selected from Those Heard and Determined in the Vice-admiralty Court by Québec (Province). Vice-Admiralty Court (1875)
"rockaway—BOSSA.NCE. In a case of collision where there is a reasonable doubt as
to which party is to blamo, the loss must bo sustained by the party on whom ..."
5. Code of Ordinances of the City of New York by New York (N.Y.)., Arthur Fortunatus Cosby (1912)
"2, adopted May 8, 1895, by Village of Far rockaway, with verbal changes throughout
following sections in this chapter.) § 2. No person shall run or race any ..."
6. Code of Ordinances of the City of New York by New York (N.Y.)., Arthur Fortunatus Cosby (1911)
"Ordinances Relating to that Section of the City of New York Formerly Known as
the Village of Far rockaway. CHAPTER 1.—PUBLIC SAFETY AND ORDER. ..."
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