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chair car

NOUN
railroad car containing comfortable reserved seats
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Three of our citizens bought an old railroad baggage and chair car.

From Time Magazine Archive

When a woman complained about the cuspidors in a chair car, Bill Jeffers had them taken off the train.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the chair car, with four chairs turned together, the newly-made conductor, the head brakeman, a country editor, and the detective sent out to spot the crew, played high five.

From Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike by Warman, Cy

When he returned to his place in the chair car he knew he must try to find out what isolated fishing country was closest.

From The Lookout Man by Bower, B. M.

On all trains from Salt Lake to Los Angeles there are three or four Pullman porters and one chair car porter.

From The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick" by Love, Nat




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