saloon car
Americannoun
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Also saloon carriage. a railway sleeping, dining, or parlor car similar to a U.S. Pullman.
Etymology
Origin of saloon car
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Pictures circulating on social media showed a white saloon car by the side of a road, partially burned-out and with its roof caved in.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
In 1928 the PV4, a saloon car with a leatherette-covered wooden body, won its class in the grueling 800-plus-mile Leningrad-Moscow-Leningrad endurance race.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
He owns a Kia saloon car, a gold-colored watch and a Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
From Reuters ● Jul. 24, 2019
Made in Luton … Vauxhall's flashy Victor saloon car.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2013
Kingshaw looked out of the windows of the saloon car, through the streams of rain.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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