street railway
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of street railway
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
This one called for scrapping the street railway system entirely.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2020
The New York financiers refused any plan that attempted to merely tinker with the outmoded street railway system.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2020
The street railway car carried more passengers, rode faster and provided a quieter, smoother ride than the omnibus, and any fears that people had of its safety vanished once they climbed on board.
From Scientific American • Feb. 21, 2014
“I carefully avoided buying even a single share, instead allocating major portions of my net worth to street railway companies, windmill manufacturers, anthracite producers, textile businesses, trading-stamp issuers, and the like.”
From BusinessWeek • Feb. 24, 2012
She has a complete system of street railway, and is just completing a thorough system of sanitary sewerage.
From Montgomery, the Capital City of Alabama Her Resources and Advantages by Anonymous
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
