Trolley

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Trolley may refer to:

Vehicles and components

Tools

  • Airline service trolley, a unit supplied by an air carrier for use by cabin crew inside the aircraft for transport of beverages, food and other items during a flight
  • Boat dolly, a device for launching small boats into the water
  • Danish trolley, a type of wheeled shelving unit used to transport goods in horticulture
  • Flatbed trolley, a common form of transport in warehousing and distribution environments, for moving bulk loads
  • Gurney, a form of wheeled stretcher
  • Hand truck, an L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand-truck is upright
  • Laptop charging trolley, a device for charging mobile computers
  • Piano trolley, a device for moving pianos
  • Shopping cart, a cart supplied by a shop, especially supermarkets, for use by customers for transport of merchandise
  • Stroller, a device for transporting young children
  • Trolley pole, a device for drawing electricity from an overhead wire

Places

  • Trolley park, precursors to amusement parks which were built by trolley companies to increase weekend business
  • Trolley Square, a partially enclosed shopping center located in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Media

  • Trolley Books, an independent UK publisher, specialising in art and photography books
    • Trolley Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in Shoreditch, East London that shares some leadership with the publisher
  • Trolley Dollies, a TV documentary series aired on British digital network LIVING in 2005
  • Trolley Troubles, a 1927 animated short film by Walt Disney which featured the first appearance of a Mickey Mouse predecessor
  • Trolley Wire, the magazine of the Sydney Tramway Museum at Loftus, New South Wales Australia
  • Off the Trolley, a 1919 American short comedy film
  • "Shopping Trolley", a 2006 single by English songwriter Beth Orton
  • "The Trolley Song", a 1944 song made famous by Judy Garland

Other

  • Trolley dodger, a pejorative term of Manhattanites for residents of Brooklyn, New York from the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th century
  • Trolley problem, a thought experiment in ethics

See also

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