noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a baggage trolley British English , a baggage cart American English
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Wait here while I go and get a baggage trolley.
shopping trolley
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
mast
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The Blackwell enclosed spring trolley mast was placed at the centre of the upper deck.
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There was two and two seating on the upper deck, except for two single seats by the trolley mast .
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There was 2 &038; 2 seating on the upper deck, with a single seat at one side of the trolley mast .
shopping
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Backache is a constant complaint as I stoop over low baths, sinks, baby buggies and shopping trolleys .
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He says, we have lifts, automatic doors, disabled fitting rooms and shopping trolleys .
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I shall be the only person returning to his car without a shopping trolley .
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He is borne away by obedient parents, like an Emperor on a shopping trolley .
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A young woman with a shopping trolley finds herself caught in the crossfire.
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Apart from answering the phone, she can dance, pray, collect the mail and the Echo and push a shopping trolley .
supermarket
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There was also a thrilling supermarket trolley formation display by the Safeway Green Arrows.
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Male speaker Another problem is the supermarket trolley .
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Children played uproariously with supermarket trolleys , pushing one another around.
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David leant against an abandoned supermarket trolley and closed his eyes while he counted to thirty.
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This was obscure, but it seems to have something to do with going downhill with an out-of-control supermarket trolley .
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More than 100 people a week are taken to hospital after hurting themselves on supermarket trolleys .
■ VERB
push
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David pushed his trolley frantically along the aisles, bustling with lust to see the girl again.
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When unlocking a trolley , make sure it's pushed close to the trolley in front before inserting the coin.
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He pushed his trolley round the end of his aisle and stopped.
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Her shopping paid for, Meredith pushed the grumbling trolley out to her car.
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She actually still pushes her trolley round the aisles every week and knows about shopping from the sharp end.
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Sound of the train getting closer and before I knew it I was out on that street pushing the trolley .
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With both hands he pushed the line of trolleys stacked at the entrance beside him.
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Porters pushed past, their trolleys piled high with sweet-smelling burdens.
shop
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A shopping trolley pushed along and then released will roll across the floor, gradually slowing down until it comes to rest.
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Look in a dolphin's shopping trolley: if the tuna is not friendly, send it on a personal skills course.
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After all, that is what you have to do with shopping trolleys .
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When straight-talking Ruby Wax sells a car to other women, she sells it as a glorified shopping trolley .
wheel
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Two white-jacketed waiters wheeled a trolley into the room.
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Be careful when wheeling a trolley over any uneven ground if your child is in the seat.
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Romanov's monologue was only once interrupted, by a waiter who wheeled in a trolley on which sat a silver salver.
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He found one near the exit where the checkout girl was just opening up and Mum wheeled her trolley into the space.
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Belinda wheeled the trolley over and helped Faye by passing her the lancet and reading the reagent strip for her.
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I keep thinking I know them, these that are wheeled on trolleys or borne on stretchers.
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She wheeled the trolley into the kitchen, and took the plum tart out of the oven.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the other end the teachers were ready to hoist it on to a trolley for transportation to the basket lift.
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I saw a dwarf selling plastic combs, hair-bands and bobby-pins from a wooden trolley .
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Mrs Danby dumped the cat-food in the trolley and came close to me.
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On the street, the veterans are cited for loitering, jaywalking, riding the trolley without paying.
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Our picture shows Tommy Lundie with the new trolley .
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Quickly, Mayli stepped out from the trolley .