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trolley: see streetcar streetcar, small, self-propelled railroad car, similar to the type used in rapid-transit systems, that operates on tracks running through city streets and is used to carry passengers. ..... Click the link for more information. . trolley 1. Brit (in a hospital) a bed mounted on casters and used for moving patients who are unconscious, immobilized, etc. 2. a device that collects the current from an overhead wire (trolley wire), third rail, etc., to drive the motor of an electric vehicle 3. a pulley or truck that travels along an overhead wire in order to support a suspended load 4. Chiefly Brit a low truck running on rails, used in factories, mines, etc., and on railways trolley [′träl·ē] (geology) A basin-shaped depression in strata. Also known as lum. (mechanical engineering) A wheeled car running on an overhead track, rail, or ropeway. An electric streetcar. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The staves of the barrel and the wheels of the trolley were smeared with a dark liquid, and the whole air was heavy with the smell of creasote. The mouth of that mine goes right into the face of the cliff, and they used to put us in a bucket and run us over on a trolley and shoot us into the shaft. He and Harvey went out on the trolley to East Gloucester, where they tramped through the bayberry-bushes to the lighthouse, and lay down on the big red boulders and laughed themselves hungry. |
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