accommodation train
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of accommodation train
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
Example Sentences
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He met a man named Durham who was a gambler and decent and who in his spare moments punched tickets on the Under- ground Railway, the Negroes' accommodation train.
From Time Magazine Archive
She knew that there was an accommodation train due soon after the express.
From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Brett, Harold M.
No man goes deliberately into sin; he gets aboard the great accommodation train of Temptation, assured that it will stop at the depot of Prudence, or anywhere else he desires, to let him off.
From T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
An accommodation train eventually deposited him in Poughkeepsie, where he purchased a cap and a sturdy walking stick.
From The Drums of Jeopardy by MacGrath, Harold
Of some interest to many is the 7:32 A.M. accommodation train on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad from Ashland to Richmond.
From Life Gleanings by Macon, T. J.
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