restaurant car
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of restaurant car
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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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
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
Britain's traditional railway restaurant car is threatening to make a surprising comeback, writes Adrian Quine.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2015
The company assembled in the restaurant car was a very subdued one.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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