Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See rink.

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  • noun attributive form of skating rink

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Examples

  • When I was a kid, I was the poster child for skating-rink nerds.

    Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007

  • When I was a kid, I was the poster child for skating-rink nerds.

    Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007

  • When I was a kid, I was the poster child for skating-rink nerds.

    Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007

  • When I was a kid, I was the poster child for skating-rink nerds.

    Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007

  • Four days later, when the Bunch were having one of their best parties, Babbitt drove them to the skating-rink which had been laid out on the Chaloosa River.

    Babbit 2004

  • The solidity of the ice was perfect; the utter stillness of the air at the time when the final congelation of the waters had taken place had resulted in the formation of a surface that for smoothness would rival a skating-rink; without a crack or flaw it extended far beyond the range of vision.

    Off on a Comet 2003

  • When I met Wesley at a monthly skating-rink youth rally, he was fourteen and had just been suspended from school for ten days.

    What Kids Wish Parents Knew about Parenting JOE WHITE 2003

  • He was shown into a room with a parquet floor which shone like a skating-rink, containing formal but luxurious furniture.

    Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1963

  • The Pinkerton men, now being practically prisoners of war, were marched up-town to the skating-rink for temporary imprisonment.

    A Short History of Pittsburgh Samuel Harden Church

  • This often happens, and then the lakes, the rivers, and all round the coast, rapidly freeze some inches thick, the surface being as flat as a looking-glass, unless the wind has seriously disturbed the ice much while forming, and Finland becomes one enormous skating-rink from end to end.

    Through Finland in Carts

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