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

The classroom is a converted parlor car, and the students are commuters in one of two new programs to let businessmen take courses as they ride to and from New York City.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today Branford ranks as the second largest trolley trove in the country, is stocked with 75 cars, ranging from a John Stephenson horsecar, vintage 1893, to a wicker-chaired private parlor car in mint condition.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his seat in the parlor car he was just one more traveler.

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