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rockaway

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rock·a·way  (rk-w)
n.
A four-wheeled carriage with two seats and a standing top.

[Probably after Rockaway, a town of northern New Jersey.]

rockaway [ˈrɒkəˌweɪ]
n
US a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, usually with two seats and a hard top


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Pontellier was up in good time to take the rockaway which was to convey him to the steamer at the wharf.
Why did the poor poet of Tennessee, upon suddenly receiving two handfuls of silver, deliberate whether to buy him a coat, which he sadly needed, or invest his money in a pedestrian trip to Rockaway Beach?
 
 
 
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