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noun

Roadster n.

(Naut.) A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.

A horse that is accustomed to traveling on the high road, or is suitable for use on ordinary roads. "A sound, swift, well-fed hunter and roadster."

A bicycle or tricycle adapted for common roads rather than for the racing track.

One who drives much; a coach driver. (Eng.)

A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country. (Eng. Slang.)

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"Roadster" Quotes from Famous Books

... same time, Thomas, the faithless valet of Bennett, had been dispatched by the Clutching Hand to commandeer his master's roadster in his absence, and, carrying out the instructions, he had driven up before Elaine's house at the very moment when she was going out ...

— The Exploits of Elaine • Arthur B. Reeve

... vast audience—it seemed to Merton that she spoke solely to him—by what narrow chance she had been saved from disappointing it. She had missed the train, but had at once leaped into her high-powered roadster and made the journey at an average of sixty-five miles an hour, braving death a dozen times. For her public was dear to her, and she would not have it disappointed, and there she was before them in her trim driving suit, still ...

— Merton of the Movies • Harry Leon Wilson

... want you to do me a favor. That's the size of it. The point is this: I was told to take Miss Langdon and the Misses Houston, to Cedarcrest, in my White Steamer. I have just discovered that the car is temporarily out of commission, and so I am reduced to the necessity of using my roadster. I came down here to ask you to take the Houston girls to ...

— The Last Woman • Ross Beeckman

... pleased, with the exception of two instances. Linda had shown both temper and determination at the proposal to dismantle the library and dispose of the cars. She had told Eileen that she might take the touring car and do as she pleased with it. For her share she wanted her father's roadster, and she meant to have it. She took the same firm stand concerning the Library. With the rest of the house Eileen might do as she would. The library was to remain absolutely untouched and what it contained was Linda's. To this ...

— Her Father's Daughter • Gene Stratton-Porter

... very ill again, and of course not a single friend had been near him. Carrie said she had never heard of it, whereupon he threw down a copy of the Bicycle News on the table, with the following paragraph: "We regret to hear that that favourite old roadster, Mr. Cummings ('Long' Cummings), has met with what might have been a serious accident in Rye Lane. A mischievous boy threw a stick between the spokes of one of the back wheels, and the machine overturned, bringing our brother tricyclist heavily ...

— The Diary of a Nobody • George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith

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