rockaway

American

[rok-uh-way] / ˈrɒk əˌweɪ /

noun

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

rockaway British

/ ˈrɒkəˌweɪ /

noun

a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, usually with two seats and a hard top

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Etymology

Origin of rockaway

1835–45, apparently named after Rockaway, town in N New Jersey

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The rockaway came first, and Mr. and Mrs. Black were helped out by Mr. Hickox in his most official manner.

From The Dorrance Domain by Carolyn Wells

I looked out of the window, and saw an old-fashioned rockaway draw up beside the curbing.

From The Love Story of Abner Stone by Edwin Carlile Litsey

When we got to the rockaway we found the man missing, also the whip and one cushion.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder

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 Andrew Jackson Howell

So soon as I had taken all the young ones and Mrs. Sparrowgrass out of the rockaway, I set to work to liberate the horse, who was choking very fast with the check-rein.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder

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