street railway


noun
  1. a company that operates streetcars or buses.

Origin of street railway

1
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Words Nearby street railway

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How to use street railway in a sentence

  • The street railway stock he was still carrying; its regular income furnished a safe fund to fall back upon.

    Mountain | Clement Wood
  • My speech at the opening of the first street-railway in the Old World will appear in my forthcoming book of speeches.

  • “Your wife is a beauty,” said the street-railway magnate, looking down the disorganized table toward her.

    The Squirrel-Cage | Dorothy Canfield
  • "The papers are all calling for Mather as street-railway president," she went on.

    The Barrier | Allen French
  • He had been approached only by Pease, who inquired: "Have you any street-railway stock?"

    The Barrier | Allen French