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restaurant car

American  

noun

Chiefly British.
  1. dining car.


restaurant car British  

noun

  1. Also called: dining car.  a railway coach in which meals are served

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of restaurant car

First recorded in 1870–75

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Rescuers were focusing on the restaurant car, which was crushed under the first carriage from the force of the collision, said fire official Vassilios Vathrakogiannis.

From Seattle Times Mar. 2, 2023

Tina entered one letter of their registration plate wrongly at the machine at a restaurant car park.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2022

They spent the day in their bunk, then went back to the restaurant car for lunch.

From The New Yorker Sep. 17, 2018

There is as yet no update on the standoff which is still continuing in fast-food restaurant car park 10 miles away.

From The Guardian Jun. 13, 2015

When he awoke it was half-past nine, and he sallied forth to the restaurant car in search of hot coffee.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

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