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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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
Detectives have established she may have been seen getting into a black saloon car, similar to a BMW, and that it may have come from the Dumfries area.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2017
Soon TWR was developing Rovers for the British saloon car championships in addition to a Japanese Mazda, but in 1982 came the big prize of a deal with Jaguar.
From The Guardian • Dec. 13, 2010
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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