wagon-lit
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"The British have a wagon-lit to ourselves with all possible conveniences: there are several other wagon-lits and a dining saloon," he wrote.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2018
In my first-class wagon-lit compartment, the washbasin was dirty.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon she would be gone, rattling alone in the wagon-lit without me, and he and I would be together in the dining-room of the hotel, lunching at the same table, planning the future.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
I dragged myself back from Christmas at Manderley to the realities of the wagon-lit.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
And the wagon-lit, booked to Syracuse, calmly left stranded in the station of Messina, to go no further.
From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
During the trip Carol neglected to shave before the ingenious folding washstand provided in the individual compartments of all wagons-lits.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Czechoslovaks remained parked in the depot all night, the windows of their wagons-lits glowing during long strategy sessions.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a latched compartment of the wagons-lits rode an elderly intriguer, Prince Barbu Stirbey of Rumania, and his elegant daughter, Princess Elise, wife of a British major.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its eleven wagons-lits, three restaurant cars and bar car, all first class, can accommodate 194 passengers; there are two cars for the crew of 30.
From Time Magazine Archive
She passed a wretched night, being of those who detest nights in trains without wagons-lits, but save money by not having wagons-lits, and wonder dismally all night if it is worth it.
From Dangerous Ages by Dame Rose Macaulay
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