Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Chiefly British A streetcar.
- noun A coal car in a mine.
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- noun A
streetcar . - noun A
rail vehicle for carrying loads in a mine; atram .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
- noun a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine
Etymologies
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Examples
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Our journey home on a tramcar was a somewhat silent proceeding.
Paul Kelver, a Novel 1893
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Visitors can ride almost to the top of the monument in a tramcar then exit onto an observation deck, which overlooks the Mississippi River.
Five US Monuments To See From Google Earth | myFiveBest 2010
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After escorting us into a tramcar, he slammed the door and said, “Good luck and Godspeed.”
Holly Would Dream Karen Quinn 2008
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Sitting opposite me on the tramcar speeding down the mountain, Tanya Johnson, the devil herself, whizzed past my line of sight.
Holly Would Dream Karen Quinn 2008
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After escorting us into a tramcar, he slammed the door and said, “Good luck and Godspeed.”
Holly Would Dream Karen Quinn 2008
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Sitting opposite me on the tramcar speeding down the mountain, Tanya Johnson, the devil herself, whizzed past my line of sight.
Holly Would Dream Karen Quinn 2008
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The tramcar ran on stilts that were about 24 feet above the sea bed.
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Siemens had already laid a telegraph line from London to Calcutta and had introduced the first German electric railroad, tramcar, elevator, and streetlights.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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Siemens had already laid a telegraph line from London to Calcutta and had introduced the first German electric railroad, tramcar, elevator, and streetlights.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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After all, very many of his dreams never got acted at all, possibly indeed, most of them, the dreams of a solitary walk for instance, or of a tramcar ride, the dreams dreamt behind the counter while trade was slack and mechanical foldings and rollings occupied his muscles.
The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll Herbert George 2006
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