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trolley


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trolley  \Trol"ley\,  Trolly  \Trol"ly\,  n. 
  a  A  form  of  truck  which  can  be  tilted,  for  carrying 
  railroad  materials,  or  the  like  [Eng.] 
  b  A  narrow  cart  that  is  pushed  by  hand  or  drawn  by  an 
  animal.  [Eng.] 
  c  (Mach.)  A  truck  from  which  the  load  is  suspended  in  some 
  kinds  of  cranes. 
  d  (Electric  Railway)  A  truck  which  travels  along  the  fixed 
  conductors,  and  forms  a  means  of  connection  between  them 
  and  a  railway  car 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trolley 
  n  :  a  car  that  runs  on  rails  and  is  propelled  by  electricity: 
  "`tram'  and  `tramcar'  are  British  terms"  [syn:  {streetcar}, 
  {tram},  {tramcar},  {trolley  car}] 




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