trolley car

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noun

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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Origin of trolley car

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby trolley car

troke, Troland, troll, trolley, trolley bus, trolley car, trolley dolly, trolleyed, trolley line, trolleys, trollius

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The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.
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A Charlie Hebdo reporter said that security provision had been relaxed in the last month or so and the police car disappeared.
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The offices were firebombed in 2011; no one was hurt but a permanent police car was subsequently stationed outside.
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They all immediately dashed out to their car to catch the bad guys.
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Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
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But, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
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There he gave orders for the car to be put into running condition for the following morning, and returned to the hotel.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
At six o'clock I felt once more the welcome motion of a Railroad car, and at eight was in Venice.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
The wheezy, crazy mechanism of the car went to bits in unexpected places.
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Mais ce n'est pas de merveille; car, comme j'ay dict, ils sont enfans.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various

British Dictionary definitions for trolley car

trolley car

noun

US and Canadian another word for streetcar

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