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chair car

NOUN
railroad car containing comfortable reserved seats
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When a woman complained about the cuspidors in a chair car, Bill Jeffers had them taken off the train.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three of our citizens bought an old railroad baggage and chair car.

From Time Magazine Archive

As I sat for the rest of my journey in that chair car my mind reverted to another incident that had occurred two months earlier.

From From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book by Bangs, John Kendrick

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

Peter entered the chair car when the train came in.

From The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]




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