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runabout

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runabout
1. a small car, esp one for use in a town
2. a light aircraft
3. a light motorboat


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He had, however, taken the precaution to engage in advance a runabout with a pair of old livery-stable trotters that could still do their eighteen miles on level roads; and at two o'clock, hastily deserting the luncheon-table, he sprang into the light carriage and drove off.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
And to the end of the day, Bob continued to be up to one trick or another; after passing a dozen automobiles on the way into Oakland, suddenly electing to go mad with fright at a most ordinary little runabout.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
Men--Americans--driving along in buggies or runabouts looked at Saxon and Billy curiously.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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