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chair car en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (Canada, US, dated) A railway car equipped with reclining armchairs, for passengers travelling at night who do not wish to ride in a sleeping car.
   • When the train clanked in he was out on the cement platform, peering into the chair-cars, and as he saw her in the line of passengers moving toward the vestibule he waved his hat. 1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 25, in Babbitt, page 294:
   • Going up to Ottawa that evening in the train, lying back in the chair car with the blind up, seeing the lights coming on in the barns […] 1958, Hugh MacLennan, chapter 1, in The Watch That Ends the Night, section 3, page 93:
   • The Providence Railroad, by which passengers from the boat continue to Boston, is one of the best appointed in the country. Its Chair Cars are a great luxury, and add much to the comfort of tourists. 1874, John B. Bachelder, Popular Resorts, and How to Reach Them, page 142:

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parlor car · sleeping car · smoking car · dining car · daycoach · baggage car