A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.
I’m not saying there’s no danger of anything, but I am saying you shouldn’t yell trolley problem logic when you’re only hearing a train horn far enough away to maybe try another plan
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A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.
About a shopping trolley, I thought I'd let ye know. Ya'd try to push it straight but it never seems ta go. Ya'd wobble through the car park, hopping off the cars. Anyone would think ya had a few auld jars.
"trolley" means: A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a.... This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
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(North America) A tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car but sometimes multiple cars attached together, operating on city streets; a trolley car.
(Australia, chiefly, South Australia) A pole for supporting power lines, consisting of a tapered slab of concrete bracketed by steel joists.
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A shopping cart.
44lb is about 20kg. Bottom of the trolley, customer forgets, cashier not overly paying attention and yeah, it's entirely plausible. Seen it happen enough by accident but this fesser is being an intentional thief and…
"trolley" means: A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a.... This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"trolley" means: A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a.... Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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(US) A streetcar or light train.
About a shopping trolley, I thought I'd let ye know. Ya'd try to push it straight but it never seems ta go. Ya'd wobble through the car park, hopping off the cars. Anyone would think ya had a few auld jars.
“I’m not saying there’s no danger of anything, but I am saying you shouldn’t yell trolley problem logic when you’re only hearing a train horn far enough away to maybe try another plan”
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“44lb is about 20kg. Bottom of the trolley, customer forgets, cashier not overly paying attention and yeah, it's entirely plausible. Seen it happen enough by accident but this fesser is being an intentional thief and therfore is a prick.”
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“Absolutely no way a cashier isn't spotting a 44kg bag of dog food under your trolley. Absolutely no chance. And I speak as someone who currently works in a supermarket.”
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(US, colloquial) A light rail, tramway, trolleybus or streetcar system.
About a shopping trolley, I thought I'd let ye know. Ya'd try to push it straight but it never seems ta go. Ya'd wobble through the car park, hopping off the cars. Anyone would think ya had a few auld jars.
“Quang quang quang went the trolley.”
“Well, the garden centre was chaos! All the plants were leaping from the shelves like lemmings. It was all I could to catch them in my trolley! 🪴🛒”
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“Well I’m sure you’re proud of yourself then for taking the high moral ground and not pulling the trolley switch.”
“It's terrible when that happens, isn't it? I always find some of them sneak into my trolley when I'm not looking.”
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