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chair car

NOUN
railroad car containing comfortable reserved seats
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Three of our citizens bought an old railroad baggage and chair car.

From Time Magazine Archive

When a woman complained about the cuspidors in a chair car, Bill Jeffers had them taken off the train.

From Time Magazine Archive

When they were seated, face to face, in the Pullman chair car, there came a moment of silence, during which each studied the other covertly.

From 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands by Taylor, H. Weston

As the coaches jolted to a halt, there crawled or rather rolled from under the chair car a forlorn figure, weakened, tattered, a stowaway delivered from a perilous stolen ride on the trucks.

From Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer by Chapman, Allen

When the train came along he climbed into the smoker with his own bag, leaving Archie to assist Sally into the chair car.

From Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Nicholson, Meredith




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