grip car
(mainly, _, US, dated) A streetcar, especially a cable car.
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(mainly, _, US, dated) A streetcar, especially a cable car.
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.
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