parlor car

noun

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

parlor car

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of parlor car¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

He and his companion paid the amount required and we were permitted to ride in the parlor car to Topeka, Kansas.

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He had done exactly as Dee said he would do: got a chair in the parlor car for "Orphan Annie."

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Save for a single parlor car or two, it has always been a day-coach train, no excess fare being charged.

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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.

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In the parlor car near one end sat a group of thirteen girls and one young woman.

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