Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A passenger-car for local or city travel, drawn on the surface of the public streets by horses, by a locomotive engine, or by an endless cable, or propelled by electricity.
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Examples
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One of these is the emerging Bethesda Trolley Trail, planned to link Bethesda to Rockville along original street-car rights of way.
As two-wheeled commutes grow in popularity, buyers look for bike-accessible homes Deborah K. Dietsch 2010
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One of these is the emerging Bethesda Trolley Trail, planned to link Bethesda to Rockville along original street-car rights of way.
As two-wheeled commutes grow in popularity, buyers look for bike-accessible homes Deborah K. Dietsch 2010
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This very day a street-car might run him down, or a sign fall from a building and smash in his skull.
Chapter X 2010
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The San Rafael neighborhood, one of Denver's first "street-car suburbs," is known for its diverse history and wealth of historic churches.
PHOTOS: San Rafael Condo With Rooftop Deck Listed For $665k Andrea Rael 2011
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Light rail in a street used to be called a street-car.
McGinn Says His Rail Plan Will Be Affordable, Run on Surface Streets « PubliCola 2010
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During a New Orleans street-car strike not long ago, a whole company of militia, called out to protect non-union men, resigned in a body.
THE CLASS STRUGGLE 2010
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We still do it in the United States, when any stray Englishman comes along and calls an "elevator" a "lift" or a "street-car" a "tram".
The Yankee Myth 2010
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The street-car strike in San Francisco had been broken.
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Senator Longbridge, for instance, and Claus Inskeep the street-car magnate, and Lane, and McChesney — He paused, with voice suspended.
Amateur Night 2010
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The San Rafael neighborhood, one of Denver's first "street-car suburbs," is known for its diverse history and wealth of historic churches.
PHOTOS: San Rafael Condo With Rooftop Deck Listed For $665k Andrea Rael 2011
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