smoking compartment

Example Sentences

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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

When they went in, Wheaton was alone in the smoking compartment and they joined him to discuss their plans for the drive to Poindexter's place.

From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith

The parlor car was crowded; its only untaken seat was in the smoking compartment, which had four other occupants, deep in a game of poker.

From The Plum Tree by Ashe, E. M.

Miss Metford was just turning the handle of a carriage door, when I interposed, saying, "This is a smoking compartment."

From The Crack of Doom by Cromie, Robert