Definitions

sleeping car

NOUN

railroad overnight car

Synonyms

WEAK

Pullman car roomette sleeper sleeper car wagon-lit

Example Sentences

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While the Richmond, Virginia, resident was in a sleeping car with a private toilet, he said coach passengers are suffering “a wretched, wretched experience” with cars reeking of overflowing toilets.

From Washington Times • Jan. 4, 2022

We both got off the train at Grand Junction because he was moving into a sleeping car for the rest of his journey.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2021

The plucky but foolhardy passengers are gently driven back off the tracks by a jovial sleeping car attendant.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2015

The United States had definitively entered the space age and we were riding in a Pullman sleeping car.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2012

Uncle Al had the good fortune to be in the vicinity and was able to score a sleeping car and two flats for a song from railroad officials desperate to free up their siding.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen