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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
Words nearby sleeping car sleep-in ,
sleep-induced apnea ,
sleeping ,
sleeping bag ,
Sleeping Beauty ,
sleeping car ,
sleeping chair ,
sleeping draught ,
sleeping partner ,
sleeping pill ,
sleeping policeman
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How to use sleeping car in a sentence Clearly this is no way to run a railroad, and Amtrak has announced a plan that involves doing away with sleeping car s after already changing dining cars to cafe cars.
The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.
A Charlie Hebdo reporter said that security provision had been relaxed in the last month or so and the police car disappeared.
The offices were firebombed in 2011; no one was hurt but a permanent police car was subsequently stationed outside.
They all immediately dashed out to their car to catch the bad guys.
Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
But, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
There he gave orders for the car to be put into running condition for the following morning, and returned to the hotel.
The reveillée of the sleeping Mexicans was the discharge of our two field-pieces loaded with canister.
At six o'clock I felt once more the welcome motion of a Railroad car, and at eight was in Venice.
In truth, it was so intently engaged with a sleeping seal that it had not observed the approach of the sledge.
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British Dictionary definitions for sleeping car
noun
a railway car fitted with compartments containing bunks for people to sleep in
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