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CharlieCard

CharlieCard noun: a stored-value smart card used by passengers to pay their fares on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

Noun

CharlieCard (plural CharlieCards)

  1. A stored-value smart card used by passengers to pay their fares on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

Forms of CharlieCard

pluralCharlieCards

Origin of CharlieCard

From Charlie + card, named after a fictional character in a folk song who cannot leave the Boston subway system because he cannot pay the five-cent surcharge required to leave the train.

Questions about CharlieCard

What does CharlieCard mean?
CharlieCard means a stored-value smart card used by passengers to pay their fares on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
What part of speech is CharlieCard?
CharlieCard is a noun.
What is the plural of CharlieCard?
The plural of CharlieCard is CharlieCards.

Words near CharlieCard in the dictionary

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  2. Charlie Papas
  3. Charlie rat
  4. Charlie rats
  5. Charlie's Angels
  6. CharlieCard
  7. CharlieCards
  8. Charlieplex
  9. Charlieplexed
  10. Charlieplexes
  11. Charlieplexing

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