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
They were spoken by the conductor of the accommodation train sharply.
From Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer by Chapman, Allen
The accommodation train from New York to Boston was late that day.
From Bessie's Fortune A Novel by Holmes, Mary Jane
Only one remark did Kennedy make as we settled ourselves for the long ride in the accommodation train to the city.
From The Dream Doctor by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
When the six o’clock accommodation train pulled out from Boston that night it bore a little old man and a little old woman, gray-haired, weary, but blissfully content.
From Across the Years by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)
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