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Meaning of grip car | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A streetcar, especially a cable car.

US, dated

Examples

“After dining Sam got on a grip car of the Wabash Avenue Cable, sitting on the front seat and letting the panorama of the town roll up to him.”
“Those were the days of the cable cars and we all jumped on a grip-car and set off visiting gaily.”
“Seats in the grip car were very popular in the summer but in cold weather the closed car with its coal burning stove won out.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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