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Meanings of tramcar in English

Portuguese
trole
Catalan
tramvia
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A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity.

        trole
        Usage of tramcar in English
        1
        His body still lurched and balanced to the movement of the tramcar.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        2
        The presence of women acting as tramcar conductors struck me as strange.
        The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
        3
        The tramcar slid out of the loading notch, swung free of the station.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        4
        I suggested that he had better take the next city-ward tramcar.
        Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
        5
        A similar vision with precise details of canals, tramcar-wheels, and cellar-flaps, disturbed Constance.
        The Old Wives' Tale
        6
        Our journey home on a tramcar was a somewhat silent proceeding.
        Paul Kelver
        7
        An electric tramcar, quite empty, ran along the avenue with a metallic rustle.
        Under Western Eyes
        8
        It had taken the tramcar twelve hours to ferry them from south to north.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        9
        Rocking with the motion of the tramcar she passed him by without a word.
        Agent 6
        10
        To avoid death he had to spring from the path of a thundering tramcar.
        The Fortunate Youth
        11
        She felt bored and hungry, and went back to her hotel in a tramcar.
        Bertha Garlan
        12
        The tramcar conductor expects to be treated with precisely the same courtesy that he tenders.
        Diary of a Pilgrimage
        13
        He heard the ring of a passing tramcar, ran to catch it, and jumped on.
        Resurrection
        14
        Leo stood up, feeling unsteady, as if the tramcar were travelling across a stormy ocean.
        Agent 6
        15
        A tramcar runs through the island, giving one tantalising vistas of glorious stretches of woodland.
        Without Prejudice
        16
        As we stood on the curbstone waiting for a tramcar to pass, he remarked gloomily-
        Under Western Eyes
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