smoking compartment

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A minute or so later the train was rolling out into the yard with its blazing electric lights, and Armitage, now hopelessly wakeful, was in the smoking compartment, regarding an unlighted cigar.

From Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport by McFall, J. V.

The man who was shaving at the mirror-paneled door of the Pullman smoking compartment looked at his questioner on the leather seat opposite.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth

To the well-built athletic young man who was one of the four occupants of the little end-room, smoking compartment, the outlook was anything but cheerful.

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

Followed the occupants of the smoking compartment, each with his hands on the shoulders of the man in front of him in impromptu lockstep.

From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)

Both of them had harshly pompous voices—the proudly unlettered voices of the smoking compartment.

From Free Air by Lewis, Sinclair