rockaway

[rok-uh-wey]

noun

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

rockaway

/ ˈrɒkəˌweɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rockaway¹

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

Example Sentences

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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