trolley car

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.

trolley car

noun

1. See streetcar
   another word for streetcar

Word History and Origins

Origin of trolley car¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

They both got on top of a table and made believe he was the conductor of a trolley car and she was a passenger.

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Well, I'll just bet you a million billion dollars He can't make a trolley car go in two directions at the same time.

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Also, a trolley car ran on to him, rolling him over and over again until he came out as dizzy as a drunken man.

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So I sneaked down to the trolley-car station, took the car for Pineville, and went to see one of the best physicians in town.

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Ditmar stood staring after the trolley car that bore Janet away until it became a tiny speck of light in the distance.

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