palace car

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The palace car had been so constructed that, by turning a few cranks and pulling out a few bolts, it was transformed at once into a highly decorated and extremely comfortable open barouche.

From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward

As we climbed, I could see from the window of the palace car, the two engines of our train puffing for all they were worth around the curves, far ahead.

From The Gentleman from Everywhere by Foss, James Henry

It was a happy surprise, and no doubt his youthful vanity was elated, that his father should have named his new palace car "Alfonso."

From The Harris-Ingram Experiment by Bolton, Charles E. (Charles Edward)

And thus it came to pass that on the 9th of January our Californians were traveling in a palace car on their way to Washington, in company with the most elite of New York.

From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.

No palace car or even floating palace of steamer for us when we can have two or three days of such unalloyed bliss in an open skiff moving at our own sweet will.

From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison