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Trolley is:

the term used in non-American English to refer to what Americans know as a cart, especially a shopping cart
the term used in American English to refer to what is elsewhere known as a tram (also known as light rail)
the term also refers to a mechanism that rolls along a suspended rail or track.
A Porter's Trolley is a type of hand truck.

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