Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A public vehicle operated on rails along a regular route, usually through the streets of a city.
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- noun US A
tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car, but also attached together, operating on city streets. Atrolley car.
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
Etymologies
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Examples
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Alstom and the Swiss company Stadler LRV are also produce very competitive trams the term streetcar is never used in Europe and Ansaldo of Italy is also gaining sales.
Streetcar of Sam’s desire on track « Stephen Rees’s blog 2008
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JK: Good that we agree that the streetcar is a complete waste.
Seattle light rail: No park-and-ride lots (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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In the meantime, the streetcar is already moving on its track.
Translated Texts 2010
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Where a streetcar is faster or more reliable than the bus route it replaced, this is because other improvements were made at the same time -- improvements that could just as well have been made for the bus route.
Tri-Met blowing smoke on Fareless Square (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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It's the same thing as when they tell you that a new streetcar is going to stimulate (or has stimulated) billions of dollars in investment somewhere.
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And those who complain about how slow the streetcar is should see the merit in spacing bus stops along the mall further apart.
One thumb down on the new transit mall (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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And those who complain about how slow the streetcar is should see the merit in spacing bus stops along the mall further apart.
One thumb down on the new transit mall (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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I think that the First Ave streetcar is a good idea and if built could connect Seattle center to Pike place and much else.
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I like his observation that "the streetcar is so slow that sometimes you can beat it just by walking."
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It's the same thing as when they tell you that a new streetcar is going to stimulate (or has stimulated) billions of dollars in investment somewhere.
rolig commented on the word streetcar
A word that evokes an earlier time when everyone used public transportation; that conjures up the big city, with its welcoming anonymity and the promise of small, or sometimes big, adventures.
November 29, 2007
sionnach commented on the word streetcar
Not to mention the occasional neurotic Southern Belle, depending on the kindness of strangers to collect the necessary fare.
November 30, 2007
bilby commented on the word streetcar
A Streetcar Named ... Survival?
Perhaps I'm morbid but I think the stats are fascinating. Basis for a list?
April 22, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word streetcar
Of course! It could be gruesome and macabre, just like sionnach says my Pregnancy list is. :) Then we could make a list of gruesome and macabre lists! And tag it!! And make a list of the tags! And tag THAT!! *hyperventilates*
April 22, 2009
bilby commented on the word streetcar
*passes paper bag*
April 22, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word streetcar
Thanks. *whew*
April 22, 2009
bilby commented on the word streetcar
Oddly enough, I just randomed this page.
April 22, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word streetcar
Reading that page, it seemed obvious that the "most feared" causes of death are all violent, sudden, unexpected (perhaps), and horrifying, while the six "most common" causes of death (except motor-vehicle accidents) are pretty long-term and—for lack of a better word ... boring. I wonder if that discrepancy has anything to do with the "most feared" status.
(I fear dying in a car crash all the time—or in a plane crash, or a house fire.)
April 23, 2009
reesetee commented on the word streetcar
*waits patiently for gruesome and macabre list*
*fears reading gruesome and macabre list but doesn't fear dying from reading it*
April 23, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word streetcar
*ponders*
*decides that combining gruesome and macabre causes of death list with pregnancy list would be rather too gruesome and macabre*
April 23, 2009
reesetee commented on the word streetcar
*thinks chained_bear may be right about that gruesome and macabre stuff*
April 23, 2009