Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A four-wheeled carriage with two seats and a standing top.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A four-wheeled pleasure-carriage with two or three seats (each for two persons) and a standing top. It is a distinctly American type of vehicle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Formerly, a light, low, four-wheeled carriage, with standing top, open at the sides, but having waterproof curtains which could be let down when occasion required; now, a somewhat similar, but heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door at each side.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated, uncommon A light, low, four-wheeled
carriage with standing top, open at the sides, but withwaterproof curtains for bad weather. - noun dated, uncommon A similar but heavier carriage, enclosed except at the front, and with a door at each side.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Sunday, July 26, 2009 the hills visit oregon - day two, part two the rest of sunday we spent driving down to newport, lunching at café stephanie, visiting nye beach and the oregon coast aquarium. charlie was generous with scrunchy funny faces today for photos. when we returned to rockaway, we made a campfire in the backyard, complete with veggie hotdogs and smores.
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Sunday, July 26, 2009 the hills visit oregon - day two, part one my sister, her husband and their two boys, bryce (5) and charlie (3), visited oregon for the first time this week. we drove out to rockaway beach for the first two nights and stayed in a cute little beach house called the seagull's nest. early sunday morning, we took leila out for a chilly and foggy romp on the beach.
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Saturday, July 25, 2009 to the beach! to the beach! wanted to post a couple of old outtakes of ms. leila before we head out to the airport to pick up my sis and her family for a weekend at rockaway beach followed by a whirlwind tour of the portland sites. happy weekend to all!
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Saturday, October 25, 2008 the folks 'visit - day 7 on friday, i took the day off and we drove out to tillamook, up 101 to rockaway beach for lunch, and then to cannon beach for a walk out to haystack. we met dave at the grand lodge in forest grove for dinner. it was a great visit!
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Saturday, October 25, 2008 the folks 'visit - day 7 on friday, i took the day off and we drove out to tillamook, up 101 to rockaway beach for lunch, and then to cannon beach for a walk out to haystack. we met dave at the grand lodge in forest grove for dinner. it was a great visit!
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His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
The Awakening 2000
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The following morning Mr. Pontellier was up in good time to take the rockaway which was to convey him to the steamer at the wharf.
The Awakening 2000
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To rockaway rockaway, from Cullercoats and Whitley Bay out to rockaway
Tunnel of Love 1996
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They did not go to Niagara, nor to Newport; but that afternoon Monsieur Leclerc brought a hired rockaway to the door, and took his bride a drive into the country.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 Various
jennifer commented on the word rockaway
A four-wheeled carriage with two seats and a standing top
December 25, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word rockaway
Usage on barouche.
October 22, 2008