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trolley
trol·ley / ˈträlē/ • n. (pl. -leys) 1. short for trolley car or trolley bus. 2. (also trolley wheel) a wheel attached to a pole, used for collecting current from an overhead electric wire to drive a streetcar or trolley bus. 3. a large metal basket or frame on wheels, resembling a shopping cart and used for transporting luggage at an airport or railroad station; a luggage cart. ∎ Brit. a shopping cart. ∎ Brit. a small table on wheels or casters, typically used to convey food and drink. 4. chiefly Brit. a low truck, usually without sides or ends, running on a railroad or a track in a factory. PHRASES: off one's trolley inf. mad; insane. |
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"trolley." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "trolley." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-trolley.html "trolley." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-trolley.html |
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trolley XIX. Presumably f. TROLL1; *dial. troll (XVII).
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T. F. HOAD. "trolley." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "trolley." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-trolley.html T. F. HOAD. "trolley." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-trolley.html |
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trolley see streetcar . |
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"trolley." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "trolley." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-trolley.html "trolley." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-trolley.html |
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trolley
•drily, kylie, Riley, shyly, slyly, smiley, Smily, wily, wryly
•idly • kindly • wifely • likely • timely
•Christly
•knightly, nightly, sightly, sprightly
•lively • fortnightly • housewifely
•Barbirolli, brolly, collie, dolly, folly, golly, holly, jolly, lolly, Mollie, molly, Ollie, polly, poly, trolley, volley, wally
•knobbly
•Bodley, godly, oddly
•wanly • Copley • fait accompli
•costly
•hotly, motley
•softly-softly
•Bengali, Cawley, crawly, creepy-crawly, Macaulay, Morley, Nepali, poorly, rawly, scrawly, squally
•lordly
•courtly, portly
•jowly, Pauli
•aïoli, coaly, coley, Foley, goalie, guacamole, holey, Holi, holy, lowly, moly, pinole, ravioli, roly-poly, Rowley, shoaly, soli
•nobly • Oakley • homely
•lonely, only
•ghostly • Moseley
•coyly, doily, oily
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"trolley." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "trolley." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-trolley.html "trolley." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-trolley.html |
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