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Toonerville trolley

[ too-ner-vil ]

noun

  1. a dilapidated, outmoded trolley line or railway.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Toonerville trolley1

After the train in the comic strip Toonerville Trolley by U.S. cartoonist Fontaine T. Fox (1884–1964)

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