drawing-room car

Example Sentences

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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)

It was quite gaily that she took her seat beside him in the drawing-room car of the train and impatiently awaited the first sight of the salt meadows before Jersey City is reached.

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James

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

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.

Of course the window would not open; drawing-room car windows never do.

From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)