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street·car
/
ˈstritˌkɑr
/
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[
street
-kahr
]
Show IPA
noun
a public vehicle running regularly along certain
streets
, usually on rails, as a
trolley car
or trolley bus.
Origin:
1860–65,
Americanism;
street
+
car
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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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