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cable car

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cable car

–noun
a vehicle, usually enclosed, used on a cable railway or tramway.
Also, cable-car.


Origin:
1870–75, Americanism
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cable car  
n.  A car designed to operate on a cableway or cable railway.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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