wagons-lits
- plural of wagon-lit.
Example Sentences
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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
During the trip Carol neglected to shave before the ingenious folding washstand provided in the individual compartments of all wagons-lits.
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.
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When she travelled it was in the wagons-lits of trains-de-luxes, and in specially reserved cabins of steamers.
From The Island Mystery by Birmingham, George A.
