pole-prop

Updated: June 23, 2025

There he found a place where, with his back to a pole-prop right at this curve in the trolley system, the shadow enfolded him completely. Had his movements been marked by the person outside the fence? Ned waited several long and anxious minutes for some move from out there. Then something rather unexpected occurred.

Victor [pseud.] Appleton - Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails