baggage car
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noun
a car of a passenger train in which luggage, trunks, etc., are carried.
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Origin of baggage car
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for baggage car
Historical Examples of baggage car
She would never subject him to the discomfort and indignity of the baggage-car.
This left us with only the locomotive, tender, and one baggage-car.
Daring and Suffering:William Pittenger
He said some people with a screeching parrot were out in the baggage-car.
Sonny BoySophie Swett
Sonny Boy, with a very red face, followed the conductor to the baggage-car.
Sonny BoySophie Swett
"This ain't no baggage-car," he grumbled, as he saw the suit-case in her hand.
A Voice in the WildernessGrace Livingston Hill