A granny trolley is most commonly called a shopping trolley or shopping cart (particularly in the US). Other common names include a shopping caddy, wheelie bag, granny cart, or foldable shopping cart. These are wheeled, often fabric-covered bags used for transporting groceries on foot.
Southern Word Wednesday: In the South, we call this a buggy. If you move here from somewhere else you probably called it a shopping cart in your previous life. It is used for purchasing groceries and when you are finished it gets returned to the buggy corral, not the bottom of a river.
A hand truck, also known as a hand trolley, dolly, stack truck, trundler, box cart, sack barrow, cart, sack truck, two wheeler, or bag barrow, is an L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand truck is upright.
A trolley is a vehicle that carries many people and is powered by overhead electrical cables. You can also call a trolley a "tram," "cable car," or "streetcar."
Plain trolleys are the same as push trolleys. Both words relate to a manual trolley that travels along an overhead beam by pushing or pulling. These trolleys generally feature wheels that roll along the beam flanges and no extra gearing system.
According to Harvard's Dialect Study, most Northern and Western U.S. states prefer the term “shopping cart,” Southerners (with the exception of Floridians) tend to say “buggy.”
Buggy is very common in the south, especially Appalachia. Carriage is more of a New England thing, while “Shopping Cart” seems to be universally understood.
With so many options available, it's crucial to understand the different types of warehouse trolleys and carts and how they can best serve your business needs.
The Rutland Adjustable Trolley with Push Bar is a robust trolley which assists the user to easily carry items around the home. It contains tough clip on trays which are easy to clean and suitable for thermal decontamination.
🛒❤️ A shopping cart (American English), trolley (British English, Australian English), or buggy (Southern American English, Appalachian English), also known by a variety of other names, is a wheeled cart supplied by a shop or store, especially supermarkets, for use by customers inside the premises for transport of ...
A housekeeping cart, also known as a maid's cart, janitor's cart, or cleaning trolley, is a wheeled cart used by housekeeping staff in hotels, hospitals, office buildings, and other commercial or institutional settings to transport cleaning supplies, equipment, and linens while performing cleaning duties.
A landscape wagon, which is also called a garden cart or yard wagon, makes it easier to move things like plants, tools and supplies around in a garden or outdoor space.
Slang for "trolley" varies, often meaning drunk/intoxicated (e.g., "trolleyed"), mentally confused/insane (e.g., "off your trolley"), or sometimes underwear/trousers in British slang, while older slang referred to prison communication lines or even a method of moving quickly or sexually. The meaning depends heavily on the context and region, ranging from playful insults to prison jargon or even outdated terms for physical actions.
