club car

noun

1. a railroad passenger car equipped with easy chairs, card tables, a buffet, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of club car¹

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Example Sentences

The club car is one of the most elaborate developments of the entire Commuter idea.

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I am not a travelling salesman (except in so far as all men are) so I do not often travel in the Club Car.

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But the Club Car which swings so smoothly at the end of a limited train is a different place, pardee.

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Don Cort had been dozing in what passed for the club car on the Buckeye Cannonball when the train braked to a stop.

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Don Cort, sitting in the back seat of the car with the redhead from the club car, asked, "Cavalier?"

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