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
“Someone got left,” he laughed as they took their seats in the chair car.
From Molly Brown's College Friends by Speed, Nell
"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 Stratemeyer, Edward
"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)
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