chair car
Americannoun
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a day coach having two adjustable seats on each side of a central aisle.
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(not in technical use) parlor car.
Etymology
Origin of chair car
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Three of our citizens bought an old railroad baggage and chair car.
From Time Magazine Archive
When a woman complained about the cuspidors in a chair car, Bill Jeffers had them taken off the train.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Sorry, ma'am," said the Pullman conductor, "but there's not a bit of space left in the chair car, nor the sleeper neither."
From Sundry Accounts by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
His pass from Matthewson won him a comfortable seat in the chair car, and he had a sound, refreshing nap by the time the 10.15 rolled into Stanley Junction.
From Ralph of the Roundhouse by Chapman, Allen
It was a chair car, and the porter had evidently been doing some sweeping, for he held in his hands a dustpan.
From Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South by Hope, Laura Lee
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