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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of trolley.

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Examples

  • We could have ding-ding-ding went the trolleyed all through lunch.

    Watch Layer Cake: live! Michael Hann 2010

  • She married Prince Andrew in 1986, and even before they were trolleyed through London in an open-top, horse-drawn carriage in front of cheering crowds there were plenty of people who had doubts about the wisdom of red-head Sarah joining the "royal firm."

    Sarah Ferguson Caught In Bribery Scandal 2010

  • It was trolleyed out onto the dining floor and carved at our table by a highly theatrical carver.

    For Goodness' Sake 2009

  • I think when I was that age I was more interested in socialising by which I mean going out and getting trolleyed and the ladies than sitting in rooms debating policy positions with the type of people who were generally considered geeks.

    I learned the truth at seventeen Mark Reckons 2009

  • I think when I was that age I was more interested in socialising by which I mean going out and getting trolleyed and the ladies than sitting in rooms debating policy positions with the type of people who were generally considered geeks.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Mark Reckons 2009

  • It was trolleyed out onto the dining floor and carved at our table by a highly theatrical carver.

    For Goodness' Sake 2009

  • He also meditates on the long menu of Irish terms for drunkenness: "spannered, rat-arsed, cabbaged, and hammered; ruined, legless, scorched, and blottoed; or simply trolleyed or sloshed."

    In Search of the Classic Irish Pub 2009

  • The guy is totally trolleyed as per usual and asks Dave where he's off too.

    Archive 2005-09-01 Kerron Cross 2005

  • Plot, Loretta trolleyed herself down into the Noise Belt.

    Ade's Fables George Ade 1905

  • Plot, Loretta trolleyed herself down into the Noise Belt.

    Ade's Fables George Ade 1905

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  • "I don't know how many he'd had by the time he got there but he was trolleyed. Off the scale."

    - overheard (in Australia), 28 March 2009.

    March 29, 2009

  • I reckon trollied is the more common spelling. Unless you're so trollied that your eyes resemble those of a troll.

    March 29, 2009

  • Ooh, hadn't thought about spellings, yarbecued eggplant.

    Auntie Merriam says

    "trollied

    One entry found.

    Main Entry: 2trolley

    Variant(s): also trolly

    Function: verb

    Inflected Form(s): trol·leyed also trol·lied; trol·ley·ing also trol·ly·ing

    Date: 1882"

    March 29, 2009

  • Drink too much; get troll-eyed.

    September 28, 2011