palace car

Example Sentences

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"There's force in that," Jack replied, "but this is no palace car to wait in."

From Boy Scouts on Motorcycles With the Flying Squadron by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)

Well, that about finished the evening, with Lon and Jeff making the room sound like a Pullman palace car at midnight.

From Somewhere in Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon

No, they will put on a Pullman palace car for him.

From The Future of the American Negro by Washington, Booker T.

She was the daughter of King Thothmes I., who gave her a Pullman palace car name; she was regarded as the Boadicea of the Orient.

From A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel by Bayne, S. G.

As we climbed, I could see from the window of the palace car, the two engines of our train puffing for all they were worth around the curves, far ahead.

From The Gentleman from Everywhere by Foss, James Henry