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Meanings of trolley in English
Wire basket fastened to a frame with wheels which customers use for collecting purchases in a store.
Specialised work vehicle for overhead power lines.
Synonyms
Examples for "line car"
Examples for "line car"
1
A belt- line car charged at him as though it mattered little if he were ground beneath its wheels.
2
Money is a diamond-encrusted watch flashing on the wrist of someone who rents his home, leases her fresh-off-the- line car and has no savings.
3
Can't go sportin round town with lead- lined car windows-people'dask questions.
4
I don't want to drive just the top-of-the- line cars, he said.
5
"This way to the Belt Line cars," called a man who had overheard Merry's words.
Usage of trolley in English
1
Twenty years ago, I read a novel narrated by a supermarket trolley.
2
The move follows Wellington's controversial decision to end its trolley bus service.
3
But there were no beds and no trolley free at that moment.
4
After waiting another few minutes for tardy passengers, the trolley moved on.
5
Disused trolley bus wires in Wellington will start coming down next week.
6
I was on my way home from Loretto, on the electric trolley.
7
Bring me up to speed, she said, climbing shakily from the trolley.
8
One way to travel in the Philippine capital, Manila, is by trolley.
9
In China there are now trolley-cars, telephone-lines, typewriters, cash-registers and American plumbing.
10
The trolley travels south from downtown San Diego to the Mexican border.
11
I worked one summer on the Cork Train on the food trolley.
12
My grandmother worked in a cafeteria; my grandfather worked on a trolley.
13
The trolley car had been halted and backed down to the scene.
14
By an ingenious arrangement the trolley was left behind on the railway.
15
You should try leaping off a moving trolley or climbing a wall.
16
He removed the detaining ropes, and the trolley-wheels began slowly to revolve.
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Trolley through the time
Trolley across language varieties
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
South Africa
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