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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When a woman complained about the cuspidors in a chair car, Bill Jeffers had them taken off the train.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three of our citizens bought an old railroad baggage and chair car.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was the chair car, and the one in which he naturally would expect her to ride.
From The Homesteader A Novel by Oscar Micheaux
Of course they had taken the chair car down, but she was too bewildered to remember that there was but one such coach on the Wellington train, and it was usually the rear car.
From Molly Brown's Sophomore Days by Nell Speed
"If he ever finds out who did that, he'll be down on you worse than ever," declared Jack, when the boys were once more in the chair car.
From The Rover Boys at Colby Hall or The Struggles of the Young Cadets by Edward Stratemeyer
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