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parlor car

NOUN
eating car in train
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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

Clancy, who shares his hero Ryan's aversion to flying, rented an entire Amtrak parlor car for the trip.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ordinary traveler pays $4.38 to make the round trip in a parlor car between Washington and Baltimore.

From Time Magazine Archive

It also collects all revenues from sleeping and parlor car ticket sales.

From Time Magazine Archive

The parlor car, packed with businessmen behind their newspapers, commuting homeward after their workdays, was electric with Malcolm X’s presence.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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