parlor car
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Or is it the soft, steady voice of the stranger in the train’s parlor car, telling a story to the boy’s father?
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2015
That evening, pouch-eyed, gaunt, battered, he climbed out of a parlor car at Washington and went directly to the White House.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ordinary traveler pays $4.38 to make the round trip in a parlor car between Washington and Baltimore.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today Branford ranks as the second largest trolley trove in the country, is stocked with 75 cars, ranging from a John Stephenson horsecar, vintage 1893, to a wicker-chaired private parlor car in mint condition.
From Time Magazine Archive
The parlor car, packed with businessmen behind their newspapers, commuting homeward after their workdays, was electric with Malcolm X’s presence.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
