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tramstop en · NOUN

Etymology

From tram + stop.

Meanings

1. A designated point where trams stop to allow passengers to leave or board.
   • Young men with yellowish teeth standing guard at the entrances of big buildings, outside shops, on squares, at tramstops, in the scruffy park, in front of the dormitories, in bodegas, outside the station. 2009 October 9, Blake Wilson, “Excerpts From the Writings of Herta Müller”, in New York Times:
   • [...] the line through to Rochdale railway station would be extended by half a mile into Rochdale town centre to a new tramstop constructed alongside the site of a planned new bus station for the town. This would provide two tram stops in the town that offered interchange facilities with rail and bus services. 2019 October 23, Andy Coward, “New acclaim for Oldham Loop”, in Rail, page 60:

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