streetcar
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈstritˌkɑr/
- US
:
tranvía
- But now Jolie-Gray takes them on streetcar rides all over town.
- streetcar line
- streetcar conductor
- electric streetcar
But then they're also again, like riding the Chicago subway, streetcar, whatever you call it in the dead of night, like they're in their cars blasting the radio.
- But then they're also again, like riding the Chicago subway, streetcar, whatever you call it in the dead of night, like they're in their cars blasting the radio.
Examples
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So how often do the streetcars come around this time?
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Today she came off the streetcar with a big fat grin.
Fiction book (2002) -
I can just take the streetcar... -you stay and rest.
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You made me ride the whole streetcar line.
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- I must have left it on the streetcar.
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I'll go to the library on the streetcar.
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There's a streetcar stop on the corner.
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There had been streetcars here once on this center strip of grass.
Fiction book (2000) -
Going into Boston, I'd take the streetcar and he'd appear as the suburban landscape rattled past.
Fiction book (1997) -
Every morning, Becky Porter hustles to catch the 7:34 streetcar to her job in downtown Portland.
Synonyms
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2.5
A rail vehicle that uses electricity to carry people in a city
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1.3
A vehicle like a small train that runs on tracks in a city or mine
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3.8
A vehicle that runs on tracks in city streets using electricity
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3.4
An electric car that runs on city tracks to carry people
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9.9
A vehicle like a tram pulled by horses on city tracks
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Etymology
Streetcar comes from the two simple words street ('road in a town') and car ('wheeled vehicle'), and car is like cart and carriage which also mean vehicles. So a streetcar is literally a vehicle for the street — a city vehicle that runs on rails to carry passengers.