rockaway
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rockaway
1835–45, apparently named after Rockaway, town in N New Jersey
Example Sentences
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On the way home, a little bit of talk occurred in the rockaway, which may be reported.
From Wych Hazel by Warner, Susan
Therefore it was on various accounts an event when the rockaway hove in sight, and the grey horse stopped before the gate.
From Diana by Warner, Susan
A two-horse rockaway hove in sight, drew up and stopped at the outer limits of the Courthouse yard.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett
We arranged our food supply, took the old family rockaway, and set out early in the morning, as happy a pair of boys as ever started on a project of pleasure.
From Money Island by Howell, Andrew Jackson
We always had to send for Cousin Park in a great old sea-going rockaway that was never pulled out of the carriage house except on state occasions.
From Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
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