trolley

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LONG BRANCH - Energy-saving traffic signals, pocket parks and a proposal for a trolley are among the "green" initiatives the city is pursuing to promote sustainability.

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  1. noun A streetcar.
  2. noun A device that collects electric current from an underground conductor, an overhead wire, or a third rail and transmits it to the motor of an electric vehicle.
  3. noun A small truck or car operating on a track and used in a mine, quarry, or factory for conveying materials.

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  • The fight for a trolley was something else, we won't go there. —  dovegreyreader scribbles
  • Bumping into my shoulders with their butt or their trolley is normal. —  Sun Bloggers
  • The acquisition of an old slag-tugging engine from Asarco means the trolley could be made operable - a notion that hadn't been seriously considered - prompting volunteers to start looking for possible ways to get the trolley on rails once more.
  • He and others involved in the project also worry vandals would make quick work of the century-old glass windows if the trolley is left unsecured.
  • The trolley is approaching a fork in the tracks and only you have the power to throw the switch and send the trolley down a different track. —  Devin Johnston
 

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