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Synonyms for tramcar

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tram
Phonetic Transcription : træm

Définition of tramcar

Origin :
  • c.1500, "beam or shaft of a barrow or sledge," also "a barrow or truck body" (1510s), Scottish, originally in reference to the iron trucks used in coal mines, probably from Middle Flemish tram "beam, handle of a barrow, bar, rung," a North Sea Germanic word of unknown origin. The sense of "track for a barrow, tramway" is first recorded 1826; that of "streetcar" is first recorded 1860. Tram-car is attested from 1873.
  • As in cable car : noun trolley car
Example sentences :
  • I helped these ladies into the tramcar and they asked me to call in the afternoon.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • If any one on the tramcar lost anything he would know who to blame.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • One cigar in a tramcar, however, is nothing at all, and should not be mentioned.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Germany » by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
  • Put on your hat and jacket and I'll take you to town in the tramcar.
  • Extract from : « The Nicest Girl in the School » by Angela Brazil
  • The tramcar stopped at the rue de Chteau, which was the terminus.
  • Extract from : « Arsne Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes » by Maurice LeBlanc
  • As I took my morning walk, the first thing I saw was a tramcar with the number 365.
  • Extract from : « Zones of the Spirit » by August Strindberg
  • When you stop to study the trail you get killed by a tramcar.
  • Extract from : « Curly » by Roger Pocock
  • I say, Bill, run and ring the park bell; its a tramcar horse.
  • Extract from : « Anecdotes of the Great War » by Carleton Britton Case
  • In these countries to be in a tramcar is to be in the open air.
  • Extract from : « South America To-day » by Georges Clemenceau
  • Pemberton he had never met, but he had seen him just once from the top of a tramcar.
  • Extract from : « The Beautiful Miss Brooke » by Louis Zangwill

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