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
As the coaches jolted to a halt, there crawled or rather rolled from under the chair car a forlorn figure, weakened, tattered, a stowaway delivered from a perilous stolen ride on the trucks.
From Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer by Allen Chapman
This road, in common with some of the eastern roads employs chair car porters in addition to the Pullman porters.
From The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick" by Nat Love
Luck was pretty sleepy himself, after two nights and a day spent in a chair car, with another day of hard labor to finish the ordeal.
From The Phantom Herd by B. M. Bower
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