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sleeping car

noun as in railroad overnight car

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Clearly this is no way to run a railroad, and Amtrak has announced a plan that involves doing away with sleeping cars after already changing dining cars to cafe cars.

The ladies, the baby and the maid had a compartment of the sleeping car to themselves and journeyed comfortably enough.

No matter how far ahead I planned my trips and tried to make reservations I could never get a lower berth in a sleeping-car.

It can be hooked on the head, foot or side rail of the bed or used, as shown, in a sleeping car.

How could you suppose a serpent could get on board a sleeping-car, of all places in the world!

It was his custom, he said, to knock down the elevator boys and sleeping-car porters.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sleeping car, such as: pullman car, roomette, sleeper, sleeper car, and wagon-lit.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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