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trolley car

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trolley car

–noun
a streetcar propelled electrically by current taken by means of a trolley from a conducting wire strung overhead or running beneath a slot between the tracks.

Origin:
1885–90
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trolley car  
n.  A streetcar.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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