drawing-room car

Example Sentences

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Quite luckily there was a drawing-room car attached to the train, although such luxury is generally confined to the express, which does not stop here.

From The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua by Cleveland, Cecilia Pauline

Dining-room, sleeping car, drawing-room car, smoking-room, library, bath-room, lavatory, the whole fitted up in the most luxurious style.

From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Allyn, Jack

With the porter's aid, she mounted the rubber-covered steps into the mahogany and upholstery of the drawing-room car.

From The Brimming Cup by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

As the drawing-room car was just clearing the station, Miss Montague held a piece of paper out of the window, which Charles caught eagerly and placed in his pocket-book.

From The Mysteries of Montreal Being Recollections of a Female Physician by Fuhrer, Charlotte

On our way from Springfield to Boston, a stout, black-whiskered man sat immediately in front of me, in the drawing-room car, whose maneuvers were a source of constant amusement.

From McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes