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noun

Trolly, Trolley n.

A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like. (Eng.)

A narrow cart that is pushed by hand or drawn by an animal. (Eng.)

(Mach.) A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.

(Electric Railway) A truck which travels along the fixed conductors, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.

A trolley car.

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Etymology of 'Trolley'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Trolley" Quotes from Famous Books

... those queer movements which are so slight yet so definite, which may wound or pass unnoticed but generally inflict a good deal of discomfort, Jinny and Cruttendon drew together; Jacob stood apart. They had to separate. Something must be said. Nothing was said. A man wheeled a trolley past Jacob's legs so near that he almost grazed them. When Jacob recovered his balance the other two were turning away, though Jinny looked over her shoulder, and Cruttendon, waving his hand, disappeared like the very great genius ...

— Jacob's Room • Virginia Woolf

... the streets to take a trolley-car for home, having dismissed the carriage, and craving nothing so much as a long walk in the cool ...

— The Second Violin • Grace S. Richmond

... part of the year, there are many outdoor games in which the children can be interested, and, now that the trolley cars have brought the country so much nearer, country trips for the whole family should be planned at frequent intervals. There are few things more pathetic than the dread with which many of our city ...

— Friendly Visiting among the Poor - A Handbook for Charity Workers • Mary Ellen Richmond

... city seems unfamiliar with the address I carry written on a card. I wait on cold street corners, I travel over miles of half-settled country, long stretches of shanties and saloons huddled close to the trolley line. The thermometer is at zero. Toward three o'clock I find ...

— The Woman Who Toils - Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls • Mrs. John Van Vorst and Marie Van Vorst

... French and British privateers were only a little less predatory than Algierian corsairs or avowed pirates. It was at this early day that Yankee skippers began making those long voyages that are hardly paralleled to-day when steamships hold to a single route like a trolley car between two towns. The East Indies was a favorite trading point. Carrying a cargo suited to the needs of perhaps a dozen different peoples, the vessel would put out from Boston or Newport, put in at Madeira perhaps, or at some West Indian port, dispose of part of its cargo, and proceed, ...

— American Merchant Ships and Sailors • Willis J. Abbot

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