luggage van
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In her walk she several times passed a tall lady, very simply dressed, who was looking intently into the luggage van, round which a busy little group had collected.
From Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands by Edmund Gosse
The engine, tender, and luggage van were derailed.
From Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
This did not please Master Nero, and in lieu of something better, he picked up a large bundle of morning papers, which the porter had just thrown out of the luggage van.
From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Gordon Stables
When travelling, the large box in which they were, could not be trusted out of sight in the luggage van.
From Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose
The B.V.D. trains only leave Strychnine when there is a stern wind, as otherwise the pungent fumes of the cheese carried in the luggage van are very obnoxious to the passengers.
From Shandygaff by Christopher Morley
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