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/pˈɑrlər kɑr/ Listen

Parlor car

noun

A passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs. Synonyms: chair car, drawing-room car, palace car, parlour car.

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"Parlor car" Quotes from Famous Books

... should, as it then lacked only seventeen minutes of four. But as Mr. Blaine reached the front door, he said to the editor: "My carriage is waiting at the curb to take you to the station, and the coachman has your seat in the parlor car." ...

— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok (1863-1930)

... finger in packing this trunk," Daddy answered for him. "All right, Son, we're fixed. Now we'll see if we can get some parlor car seats." ...

— Sunny Boy in the Big City • Ramy Allison White

Words linked to "Parlor car" : carriage, chair car, passenger car, parlour car, coach