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
Aboard the midnight train he made Mrs. Adams comfortable in the chair car.
From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Henry Herbert Knibbs
She was very nice, however, to the girl from Silver Ranch, sat beside her in the chair car, and soon had Jane Ann laughing.
From Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box by Alice B. Emerson
He smiled as he began:— "Well, girls, father got off the chair car at Sycamore Ridge this morning, after having had the best sleep he has had in twenty years."
From A Certain Rich Man by William Allen White
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