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trolley car
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of trolley car1
First recorded in 1885–90
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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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