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luggage van

British  

noun

  1. US and Canadian name: baggage car.  a railway carriage used to transport passengers' luggage, bicycles, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sir John took first-class tickets to London, and the curious deal boxes found their place in the luggage van.

From Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School by Meade, L. T.

Recalled to material things, Etienne Rambert contemplated his trunk which the porters had taken out of the luggage van.

From Fantômas by Metcalfe, Cranstoun

"Unless we chartered a tank for them and put them in the luggage van," laughed Enid.

From The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life by Dixon, Arthur A.

When the train arrived it was found that the stretcher was too broad to go into a carriage, so I travelled in the luggage van, among trunks, bicycles and baskets of fish.

From 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany by Knight, Gerald Featherstone

There was a crowd round the luggage van where we were trying to discover Marion’s trunk.

From The Red Hand of Ulster by Birmingham, George A.

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