smoking compartment

Example Sentences

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As they entered the smoking compartment of a sleeper they found it empty save for a slight, weary-looking man who was gazing abstractedly at the wintry plains.

From A Man of Two Countries by Dowling, Colista M.

Albuquerque was an hour behind when Ernest came into the smoking compartment where Roger was engaged in drawing on the back of an old envelope.

From The Forbidden Trail by Morrow, Honoré

The man who was shaving at the mirror-paneled door of the Pullman smoking compartment looked at his questioner on the leather seat opposite.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth

I returned to the train, ate thirty cents' worth of sardines in the dining car, gave the waiter a ten-cent tip, and repaired to the smoking compartment absolutely penniless.

From From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book by Bangs, John Kendrick

Both of them had harshly pompous voices—the proudly unlettered voices of the smoking compartment.

From Free Air by Lewis, Sinclair