streetcar

[street-kahr]

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noun

a public vehicle running regularly along certain streets, usually on rails, as a trolley car or trolley bus.

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trolley, car, gondola, tram

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Origin of streetcar

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; street + car¹

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It is about three blocks from the end of the line, the end of the streetcar line.
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He might have been a store clerk, or streetcar conductor, or nearly anything.
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He walked rapidly to the streetcar and took a seat, with a thoughtful expression on his countenance.
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British Dictionary definitions for streetcar

streetcar

noun

US and Canadian an electrically driven public transport vehicle that runs on rails let into the surface of the road, power usually being taken from an overhead wireAlso called: trolley car, (esp Brit) tram, tramcar

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