called also trolley car
Examples of trolley in a Sentence
David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2024
Perhaps the most iconic whiskey moment at Chapter One is the arrival of the coffee trolley.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The trolley leaves an hour before games and returns guests to hotels immediately after the game.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
New Bern One good way to get started in New Bern is to take a trolley tour along the waterfront and historic streets.
—Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2024
The strikes in Zaporizhzhia also struck a trolley bus.
—Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
Ours is owned by Marvin Smith, who runs it out of a walk-up window at a red trolley surrounded by toy cars and random ephemera.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2024
The last Blue Line trolley service going south leaving the UTC Station is 11:18 p.m. and going north, the last trolley leaves the San Ysidro Station at 11:49 p.m.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
The remainder would fund trolleys to move tables and electric pallet jacks for the operations center in addition to a-frames and interchangeable signs that would be used with them to direct voters at early voting locations and Election Day polling places.
—Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2020
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Word History
Noun
1823, in the meaning defined at sense 4
Verb
1882, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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“Trolley.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trolley. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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