parlor car

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Or is it the soft, steady voice of the stranger in the train’s parlor car, telling a story to the boy’s father?

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2015

So fond was he of appearing in the public limelight that he lived with all the pomp and ceremony of royalty, even traveling in the Kaiser Karl's private parlor car, which he bought.

From Time Magazine Archive

That evening, pouch-eyed, gaunt, battered, he climbed out of a parlor car at Washington and went directly to the White House.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bus is outfitted much like a railroad parlor car, with couches, tables and a galley.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cora slapped her hands on the cushions of the parlor car and said the farm suited her just fine.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead