Topic: UTENSILS
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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | Probably from troll 'cart' (17-19 centuries), from troll 'to roll' (15-19 centuries) |
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trol‧ley
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[countable]1 British EnglishD a large basket on wheels that you use for carrying bags, shopping etc [= cart American English] a supermarket trolley
a supermarket trolley2 British EnglishDFU a small table on wheels used for serving food [= cart American English] a drinks trolley the sweet trolley (=one for serving sweet dishes, cakes etc in a restaurant)
a drinks trolleythe sweet trolley (=one for serving sweet dishes, cakes etc in a restaurant)3 American EnglishTTC an electric vehicle for carrying passengers which moves along the street on metal tracks [= tram British English]
4TTC a trolleybus
