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run⋅a⋅bout

[ruhn-uh-bout]
–noun
1. a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top; roadster.
2. a small pleasure motorboat.
3. a person who roves around from place to place or group to group.

Origin:
1540–50; n. use of v. phrase run about
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run·a·bout   (rŭn'ə-bout')   
n.  
    1. A small motorboat.

    2. A light aircraft.

    3. A small, open automobile or carriage.

  1. A vagabond or wanderer.

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