tro-tron.
/ˈtrɔːtrɔː/, U.S. /ˈtrɔˌtrɔ/, /ˈtrɑˌtrɑ/, West African English /ˈtrɔtrɔ/ In Ghana: a converted lorry or van used as a public conveyance; a minibus.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > omnibus > which infringes on recognized routes
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1973 Ghanaian Times 19 Apr. 12 42 mini-buses currently being used as ‘tro-tro’ to convey workers to and from their offices had been drafted to supplement the fleet.
1976 M. Birmingham Heat of Sun v. 67 A tro-tro—as we call the minibuses which today carry Ghanaians on their endless journeyings.
1977 J. Wyllie To catch Viper (1979) xiv. 83 I went to the crossroads and got on a tro tro.
1986 B. K. Laing Search Sweet Country xi. 113 By the edge of the skyline where the trotros took people to and from poverty..the cock crowed into the city.
1990 Sunday Times 5 Aug. vii. 7/3 We caught a tro-tro (a public transport truck) to a market that stretched to the horizon.
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