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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: tram 'handle of a wheelbarrow' (16-19 centuries), probably from Low German traam 'long piece of wood'

tram

 noun
     
tram also tram‧car [countable] especially British English
a vehicle for passengers, which travels along metal tracks in the street [= streetcar American English]
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