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What (who) is trolley - definition
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Trolleys; Trolly; Trolley (disambiguation); Drywall cart; Drywall Cart; Drywall Carts; Drywall carts
trolley
n.
small wheeled conveyance
(BE)
1) a (shopping) trolley (in a supermarket) (AE has shopping cart)
2) a tea trolley (AE has tea wagon)
3) a sweet trolley (in a restaurant)
streetcar, tram
(AE)
4) see streetcarUSAGE NOTE: Wheeled conveyances that are called trolleys in BE are often called carts in AE. In a library, books are moved on a trolley (BE) or on a cart (AE).
Trolley
·noun ·Alt. of Trolly.
trolley
(trolleys)
1.
A trolley is an object with wheels that you use to transport heavy things such as shopping or luggage. (BRIT; in AM, use cart
)
)
A porter relieved her of the three large cases she had been pushing on a trolley.
...supermarket trolleys.
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2.
A trolley is a small table on wheels which is used for serving drinks or food. (BRIT; in AM, use cart
)
)
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3.
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4.
A trolley or trolley car is an electric vehicle for carrying people which travels on rails in the streets of a town. (AM; in BRIT, use tram
)
)
He took a northbound trolley on State Street.
= streetcar
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5.
If you say that someone is off their trolley, you mean that their ideas or behaviour are very strange. (BRIT INFORMAL)
= mad
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Examples of use of trolley
1. Trolley stoppage Workers on trolley buses begin three days of work stoppages today.
2. None of the trolley passengers needed hospital treatment.
3. Bus and trolley routes will be subject to changes.
4. The trolley, although damaged, was still able to move.
5. A colleague helped me get a trolley for Wiley‘s kennel.