trackless trolley

noun

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In its first eight years of operation, PTC spent $22.8 million to purchase 1,506 new streetcars, buses and trackless trolleys while also improving terminal and plant facilities. Menika Dirkson, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025 The last trackless trolley ran in 1956. Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022 Sim, who was an army captain on a trackless trolley car towing an anti-aircraft gun in 1985, said his training then was primarily focused on maintaining his vehicle to prevent it from accidently stopping during the parade. Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of trackless trolley was in 1921

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“Trackless trolley.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trackless%20trolley. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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