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Meanings of trolley in English

Portuguese
trole
Catalan
tramvia
Wikidata

A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity.

        trole
        Wikidata

        Wire basket fastened to a frame with wheels which customers use for collecting purchases in a store.

            Wikidata

            Specialised work vehicle for overhead power lines.

                  Usage of trolley in English
                  1
                  Twenty years ago, I read a novel narrated by a supermarket trolley.
                  The Irish Times
                  2
                  The move follows Wellington's controversial decision to end its trolley bus service.
                  Radio NZ
                  3
                  But there were no beds and no trolley free at that moment.
                  The Irish Times
                  4
                  After waiting another few minutes for tardy passengers, the trolley moved on.
                  Metro 2033
                  5
                  Disused trolley bus wires in Wellington will start coming down next week.
                  Radio NZ
                  6
                  I was on my way home from Loretto, on the electric trolley.
                  The day the falls stood still
                  7
                  Bring me up to speed, she said, climbing shakily from the trolley.
                  Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
                  8
                  One way to travel in the Philippine capital, Manila, is by trolley.
                  BBC
                  9
                  In China there are now trolley-cars, telephone-lines, typewriters, cash-registers and American plumbing.
                  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 / Little J...
                  10
                  The trolley travels south from downtown San Diego to the Mexican border.
                  The new yorker
                  11
                  I worked one summer on the Cork Train on the food trolley.
                  The Irish Times
                  12
                  My grandmother worked in a cafeteria; my grandfather worked on a trolley.
                  Reuters
                  13
                  The trolley car had been halted and backed down to the scene.
                  The High School Boys' Training Hike
                  14
                  By an ingenious arrangement the trolley was left behind on the railway.
                  The Mastery of the Air
                  15
                  You should try leaping off a moving trolley or climbing a wall.
                  Tell me, pretty maiden
                  16
                  He removed the detaining ropes, and the trolley-wheels began slowly to revolve.
                  Dutch Courage and Other Stories
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