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tramway [ˈtræmˌweɪ] n
1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) another name for tramline [1] 2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Brit a. a public transportation system using trams b. the company owning or running such a system 3. (Transport / Railways) Also called (esp US) tramroad a small or temporary railway for moving freight along tracks, as in a quarry ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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I could remember the elated feeling and the soul-gripping cold of those tramway journeys taken into town to put what in diplomatic language is called pressure upon the good Hudig, with his warm fire, his armchair, his big cigar, and the never-failing suggestion in his good-natured voice: "I suppose in the end it is you they will appoint captain before the ship sails? Baxter took me to his links, quite ten miles off, where in a maze of tramway lines, railroads, and nursery-maids, we skelped our divotted way round nine holes like barges plunging through head seas. |
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