wagon-lit
noun
(in continental European usage) a railroad sleeping car.
wagons-lits
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pluralof wagon-lit.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Its eleven wagons-lits, three restaurant cars and bar car, all first class, can accommodate 194 passengers; there are two cars for the crew of 30.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a latched compartment of the wagons-lits rode an elderly intriguer, Prince Barbu Stirbey of Rumania, and his elegant daughter, Princess Elise, wife of a British major.
From Time Magazine Archive
The party played cards, ate with their official hosts in the cheery dining car, slept in soft berths as the wagons-lits swayed leisurely westward.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Czechoslovaks remained parked in the depot all night, the windows of their wagons-lits glowing during long strategy sessions.
From Time Magazine Archive
La bonne compagnie they found in the lounges of great hotels, on transatlantic liners, in wagons-lits, in music-halls, and in expensive motor-cars and restaurants.
From Since Cézanne by Clive Bell
