trolley car

American  

noun

1. a streetcar propelled electrically by current taken by means of a trolley from a conducting wire strung overhead or running beneath a slot between the tracks.

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trolley car British  

noun

1. another word for streetcar

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Etymology

Origin of trolley car

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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trolley car

It was used to provide electricity to the growing city, particularly powering the electric trolley car system according to the Seattle City Light website.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2023

Despite losing a couple of toes when his foot was run over by a trolley car as a kid, Brewer became a promising young pitcher while growing up in Des Moines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2022

As at many other temporary checkpoints in the capital, the trolley car damaged in the attack had been serving as a barricade, dragged into the street to slow traffic.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2022

He would call people in the party, for instance, "trolley car guys," because they followed a line.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2022

But Mary Jackson remembered the prewar hamlet where Negro vacationers still made their way to Bay Shore Beach by trolley car.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly