drawing-room car

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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

That feeling wore off, though, by the time we got settled in the drawing-room car, and I was three seats from Mrs. Erveng,—I managed that,—with Mr. Erveng and Hilliard between us.

From We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses by Yechton, Barbara, [pseud.]

It was a very gay party, and, as a drawing-room car had been chartered for their especial use, there was nothing to impose any restraint upon them, and mirth and pleasure reigned.

From Mona by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.

There was no berth to be had for her and no drawing-room car on, so we rode all night in the day coach with a rather mixed lot.

From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)

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