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View synonyms for cable car
cable car
or cable-car
noun
- a vehicle, usually enclosed, used on a cable railway or tramway.
cable car
noun
- a cabin suspended from and moved by an overhead cable in a mountain area
- a cableway
- a passenger car on a cable railway
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cable car1
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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Example Sentences
Everyone should take the cable car at least once in their life.
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They shared the cable car with an old water colorist, and two other young couples.
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A cable-car, with clanging bell, was bearing down upon it with a speed which the gripman seemed powerless to check.
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The cable car isn't a car at all, children, but is a hilly-cum-go, a species of rocking horse and a grown-up kiddie-kar.
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There was no gay and chattering crowd in Market Street, not even the light of a cable car flashing through the grey drizzle.
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Even the distant clang of a cable car out in the city will not break the spell that is on you now.
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