Toonerville trolley
[ too-ner-vil ]
/ ˈtu nərˌvɪl /
noun
a dilapidated, outmoded trolley line or railway.
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Origin of Toonerville trolley
after the train in the comic strip Toonerville Trolley by U.S. cartoonist Fontaine T. Fox (1884–1964)
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