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Parlour car   /pˈɑrlər kɑr/   Listen
Parlour car

noun
1.
A passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs.  Synonyms: chair car, drawing-room car, palace car, parlor car.






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"Parlour car" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the junior Pilgrims, the Captain ordered Saul to perform that duty. Nevertheless, Ben accompanied Saul part of the way, and got off with Mr. Bigglethorpe. The patient was tired when Collingwood was reached, but recovered in the parlour car and arrived in Toronto in good condition, and able to introduce his bride to Mrs. Marsh. Mr. Douglas and he got together their portable effects, and Mrs. Douglas increased her travelling impedimenta. The party then left in time to see the ...
— Two Knapsacks - A Novel of Canadian Summer Life • John Campbell

... adjoining chairs in the parlour car, and after supplying them with picture papers and candies, he seemed to consider his responsibilities at an end, and taking his own seat, immediately buried himself in ...
— Two Little Women • Carolyn Wells

... later they were bidding each other good-bye on a parlour car in the Union Depot. Travis ...
— Cicely and Other Stories • Annie Fellows Johnston



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