palace car
Example Sentences
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“Don’t look much like the man who left a palace car to step into a locomotive at Stanley Junction, eh?” laughed the young man, reeking with perspiration, and greasy and grimed.
From Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail by Chapman, Allen
She was the daughter of King Thothmes I., who gave her a Pullman palace car name; she was regarded as the Boadicea of the Orient.
From A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel by Bayne, S. G.
No, they will put on a Pullman palace car for him.
From The Future of the American Negro by Washington, Booker T.
As we climbed, I could see from the window of the palace car, the two engines of our train puffing for all they were worth around the curves, far ahead.
From The Gentleman from Everywhere by Foss, James Henry
"There's force in that," Jack replied, "but this is no palace car to wait in."
From Boy Scouts on Motorcycles With the Flying Squadron by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)
