Rockstone
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A pebble. Jamaica
"Without wasting many words, however, the youth picked up a "rockstone," as pebbles are called in Jamaica, and delivered the missile with so skilful an aim, that the bird dropped to the ground, […]"
- 1 A town in Upper Demerara-Berbice, Guyana.
Example
More examples"Without wasting many words, however, the youth picked up a "rockstone," as pebbles are called in Jamaica, and delivered the missile with so skilful an aim, that the bird dropped to the ground, […]"
Etymology
From rock + stone.
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