parlor car
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of parlor car
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Or is it the soft, steady voice of the stranger in the train’s parlor car, telling a story to the boy’s father?
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2015
The classroom is a converted parlor car, and the students are commuters in one of two new programs to let businessmen take courses as they ride to and from New York City.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bus is outfitted much like a railroad parlor car, with couches, tables and a galley.
From Time Magazine Archive
It also collects all revenues from sleeping and parlor car ticket sales.
From Time Magazine Archive
The parlor car, packed with businessmen behind their newspapers, commuting homeward after their workdays, was electric with Malcolm X’s presence.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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