parlor car

American  

noun

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

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parlor car British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of parlor car

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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

In a parlor car on the same train, rode New York's bald, kindly Governor Herbert Lehman, glad to be unnoticed.

From Time Magazine Archive

While motorists on the single major highway are bumper to bumper, passengers can recline in the velvety Presidential parlor car, built in 1925.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his seat in the parlor car he was just one more traveler.

From Time Magazine Archive

Walking to board the parlor car, we had passed a dining car toward which he jerked his head, “I used to work on that thing.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey