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trol·ley

   [trol-ee] noun, plural -leys, verb, -leyed, -ley·ing.
noun
1.
a trolley car.
2.
a pulley or truck traveling on an overhead track and serving to support and move a suspended object.
3.
a grooved metallic wheel or pulley carried on the end of a pole (trolley pole) by an electric car or locomotive, and held in contact with an overhead conductor, usually a suspended wire (trolley wire), from which it collects the current for the propulsion of the car or locomotive.
4.
any of various devices for collecting current for such a purpose, as a pantograph, or a bowlike structure (bow trolley) sliding along an overhead wire, or a device (underground trolley) for taking current from the underground wire or conductor used by some electric railways.
5.
a small truck or car operated on a track, as in a mine or factory.
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6.
a serving cart, as one used to serve desserts.
7.
Chiefly British. any of various low carts or vehicles, as a railway handcar or costermonger's cart.
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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
8.
to convey or go by trolley.

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Idiom
9.
off one's trolley, Slang.
a.
in a confused mental state.
b.
insane: He's been off his trolley for years, but his family refuses to have him committed.
Also, trolly.

Origin:
1815–25; orig. dial.; apparently akin to troll1
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trolley
1823, in Suffolk dialect, "a cart," especially one with wheels flanged for running on a track (1858), probably from troll (v.) in the sense of "to roll." Sense transferred to "pulley to convey current to a streetcar motor" (1890), then "streetcar drawing power by a trolley" (1891).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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