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trolley (iou) and Ruiz (as used in expressions) (sh)


trolley (iou)



trolley noun & verb. Also trolly. E19.
[Of dial. origin, prob. from TROLL verb & noun2.]
A. noun.
Any of various kinds of low cart adapted for a specific purpose; esp. a street-barrow. local. E19.
A low truck, usu. without sides or ends, running on a railway, or a track in a factory etc. M19.
off one's trolley slang crazy.
Railway Magazine Small service trollies, used..on track maintenance..to transport men and materials.
More fully trolley-wheel. A grooved metallic pulley receiving current from an overhead electric wire and conveying this by a pole etc. to the motor of a trolley bus or trolley-car. Also gen., any pulley running along an overhead track. L19.
b. ellipt. A trolley-car (US). Also, a trolley bus. L19.
B. Malamud On the trolley he watched the passers-by in the street.
A small table, stand, or basket on wheels or castors for serving Food, transporting shopping, luggage, etc.; spec. = SUPERMARKET trolley. M20.
Comb.: trolley-bar = trolley-pole below; trolley bus a trackless passenger vehicle powered from an overhead cable by using a trolley-wheel; trolley-car US an electric tram using a trolley-wheel; trolley-head a mounting at the end of a trolley-pole supporting the trolley-wheel; trolleyman the driver of a trolley bus or trolley-car; trolley-pole a hinged pole supporting the trolley-wheel, and conveying the current from an overhead cable to a trolley bus or trolley-car; trolley shop a cart containing goods for sale wheeled around a hospital etc.; trolley-wheel: see sense 3 above; trolley-wire an overhead electric cable supplying current to a trolley bus or trolley-car.
b. verb.
verb trans. Convey by trolley. L19.
verb intrans. Travel or be conveyed by trolley. E20.
trolleyful noun as much or as many as a trolley will hold L19.

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