parlor car

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noun

a railroad passenger car that has individual reserved seats and is more comfortable than a day coach.

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Origin of parlor car

First recorded in 1855–60

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How to use parlor car in a sentence

He and his companion paid the amount required and we were permitted to ride in the parlor car to Topeka, Kansas.
Prisons and Prayer: Or a Labor of Love|Elizabeth Ryder Wheaton
He had done exactly as Dee said he would do: got a chair in the parlor car for "Orphan Annie."
At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins|Nell Speed
Save for a single parlor car or two, it has always been a day-coach train, no excess fare being charged.
The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford
It is an all-parlor-car train, the most luxurious suburban on the line, yet not one Commuter in a thousand knows a thing about it.
The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford

In the parlor car near one end sat a group of thirteen girls and one young woman.
Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes|Stella M. Francis

British Dictionary definitions for parlor car

parlor car

noun

(in the US and Canada) a comfortable railway coach with individual reserved seats

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