Pullman
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Pullmans
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Pullmans
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Also called Pullman case. (often lowercase) a large suitcase.
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George Mortimer, 1831–97, U.S. inventor and railroad car designer.
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Etymology
Origin of Pullman
C19: named after George M. Pullman (1831–97), the US inventor who first manufactured such coaches
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Fourth & Central is intended to feel like a small, walkable community with new buildings that acknowledge the industrial history of the area , architect Alan Pullman said when the project was announced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Newcomers include Josh Gad, Keke Palmer, Lewis Pullman and Anthony Carrigan playing new characters who’ve yet to be revealed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
To maintain a meritocracy, a business must hold on to key employees, says Pullman & Comley, a law firm based in Connecticut.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026
The nominations were announced by “The Color Purple” actress Danielle Brooks and “Top Gun: Maverick” actor Lewis Pullman bright and early at 5:30 a.m. in Los Angeles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
But then, the night after I met Auggie Pullman, I started having nightmares again.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
“We’d sing anywhere, on Pullmans, buses, the clubhouse,” he said in 1998.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2021
I think that's true in the Pullmans almost you know it's an acting that you know I love a poem that enacts what it doesn't describe.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2018
President W. H. Settle of the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation, said that 50 or 75 Hoosier farmers would be taken to Kansas City in special Pullmans attached to the Indiana delegation's train.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 16 days after the Pearl Harbor attack, 600,000 troops were moved in the U.S., three-fourths of them in Pullmans, the rest in coaches.
From Time Magazine Archive
It had been decided that Mr. Popper should ride in the baggage car with the penguins to keep them from getting nervous, while Mrs. Popper and the children should ride in one of the Pullmans.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
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