sleeping car

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noun

a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.

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Origin of sleeping car

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

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Examples from the Web for sleeping car

There was no sleeping-car for the author of "A Lodging for the Night."
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13|Elbert Hubbard
No, they were not hungry; they had dined in the sleeping-car.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
But the simile is weak, for there is a vast difference between an open sleigh and a sleeping-car.
From Paris to New York by Land|Harry de Windt
So he had had with him just enough to get his own second-class ticket, her first-class, and a sleeping-car.
Lady Rose's Daughter|Mrs. Humphry Ward

He stared at Zada, and his anger ran out of his face just as the water ran out of the silver washbowl in the sleeping-car.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes

British Dictionary definitions for sleeping car

sleeping car

noun

a railway car fitted with compartments containing bunks for people to sleep in

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