streetcar

[street-kahr]

street·car

[street-kahr]
noun
a public vehicle running regularly along certain streets, usually on rails, as a trolley car or trolley bus.

Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; street + car1
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Streetcar is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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streetcar (ˈstriːtˌkɑː)
 
n
(US), (Canadian) trolley car, tram, Also called: tramcar an electrically driven public transport vehicle that runs on rails let into the surface of the road, power usually being taken from an overhead wire

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