Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In electric rail., a pole, carrying a conducting wire, connected with a street-railway car by a universal joint, and having at the upper end a trolley for conducting the current into the circuit of the motor on the car.
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Examples
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He imagined that there was a screw loose in the universe because his quest of pleasure slipped its trolley-pole and could not make the bubble Joy to dance in Folly's cup.
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A mile farther on the car reached the end of its line and the conductor reversed the trolley-pole and prepared for the return journey.
Mary Louise 1887
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