smoking car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of smoking car
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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All lanes of northbound Highway 99 in the downtown Seattle tunnel briefly closed due to a smoking car blocking the right lane.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2024
I’ve written about the ways our nation has slowly turned around other epidemics — smoking, car accident deaths, fire deaths.
From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022
The New England Patriots linebacker Darius Fleming said he didn’t hesitate when he saw a woman trapped in a smoking car: he kicked out the window, enabling her to escape.
From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2016
Inside she found a 16-inch gold train, built to scale, complete with windows, a dining car, smoking car and first-class carriage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2014
There were two more passenger coaches, a smoking car and a baggage car ahead, and the detectives searched them thoroughly for the undertaker.
From The Bradys Beyond Their Depth The Great Swamp Mystery by Doughty, Francis Worcester
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