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Streetcar

//ˈstɹitˌkɑɹ// noun

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Noun

1
A tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car but sometimes multiple cars attached together, operating on city streets; a trolley car. Canada, US
"Here, outside, in the light and the shade and the heat, there was a great tinkling of the bells of innumerable streetcars, and a constant strolling and shuffling and rustling of many pedestrians, a large proportion of whom were young women in Pompadour-looking dresses."
2
a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity wordnet

Etymology

From street + car. Coined before the era of motorcars, the term emphasized a type of car on rails that were in the street (along with foot traffic, wagons, and carriages) rather than on a separate, dedicated railroad, as a railcar is.

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