club car

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

Origin of club car

1
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

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How to use club car in a sentence

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

    The Modern Railroad | Edward Hungerford
  • I am not a travelling salesman (except in so far as all men are) so I do not often travel in the club car.

    Shandygaff | Christopher Morley
  • But the club car which swings so smoothly at the end of a limited train is a different place, pardee.

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

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