drawing-room car

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If it had not been for the private parlor and the drawing-room car, they would have limited Captain Horn's generosity to one hundred dollars.

From The Adventures of Captain Horn by Stockton, Frank Richard

That lady met her at the door of the drawing-room car, and led her to the little compartment where they were screened off from the rest of the world.

From Nobody by Warner, Susan

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

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

There the express trains have now a very delightful carriage called a "drawing-room car," literally a series of little private drawing-rooms, with sofas and a table in each, opening out of a little corridor.

From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 by Dickens, Mamie