interurban

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I asked, but he didn’t know whether another one would leave before noon or not because you’d think that interurbans.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

You're not a kid any more to chase cats and dogs through the court-house square, and flip on the interurbans, but a grown woman, and you've got to begin acting like one.

From Otherwise Phyllis by Gibson, Charles Dana

The State was new; there were few trolleys in cities and still fewer interurbans to make the rural communities accessible; the railroads had infrequent and uncertain schedules.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Harper, Ida Husted

The G. N., N. P., C, M. & St. P. railways and three interurbans center here, while automobile roads, including the Pacific Highway, lead to the mountains and to lake resorts.

From The Beauties of the State of Washington A Book for Tourists by Giles, Harry F.

All Western Washington railroads serve it, while electric interurbans and auto cars over the Pacific Highway provide several trips per hour to Tacoma.

From The Beauties of the State of Washington A Book for Tourists by Giles, Harry F.