Pullman
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Also called Pullman case. (often lowercase) a large suitcase.
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George Mortimer, 1831–97, U.S. inventor and railroad car designer.
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Etymology
Origin of Pullman
C19: named after George M. Pullman (1831–97), the US inventor who first manufactured such coaches
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Fourth & Central is intended to feel like a small, walkable community with new buildings that acknowledge the industrial history of the area , architect Alan Pullman said when the project was announced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Innovators and entrepreneurs such as Ford and George Pullman, discussed on visits to Detroit and Chicago, respectively, figure mainly as exploiters of the working class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
To maintain a meritocracy, a business must hold on to key employees, says Pullman & Comley, a law firm based in Connecticut.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026
"Elle Fanning, for Sentimental Value," said hosts Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman, as they kicked off the nominations with the best supporting actress category.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
As he sat in his plush seat, looking out through the green-tinted window of the Pullman coach, Joe could not quite believe the hubbub now spilling from the lobby out onto the platform.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
“We’d sing anywhere, on Pullmans, buses, the clubhouse,” he said in 1998.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2021
I think that's true in the Pullmans almost you know it's an acting that you know I love a poem that enacts what it doesn't describe.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2018
When Chicago's Auditorium Theater opened in 1889, Pullmans, Palmers and Fields descended on the great granite edifice on Michigan Avenue in a stream of horse-drawn carriages.
From Time Magazine Archive
The 141 Pullmans used in Baltimore & Ohio's crack trains are all fitted with York machinery.
From Time Magazine Archive
And Mom, like she always does, dropped whatever she was doing to go help the Pullmans.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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