smoking compartment

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As they entered the smoking compartment of a sleeper they found it empty save for a slight, weary-looking man who was gazing abstractedly at the wintry plains.

From A Man of Two Countries by Dowling, Colista M.

In the years before Volstead we had ridden thousands of miles silently peering at the two strangers across the smoking compartment and wondering how to get them talking.

From Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams by Broun, Heywood

From there, much out of breath, they entered the car, pushed aside a curtain and sank on to the seats of the smoking compartment.

From Left End Edwards by Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark)

"Gol ding him!" growled Ephraim, as he followed Barney into the smoking compartment.

From Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block by Standish, Burt L.

At the last moment a richly-dressed gentleman, wearing a long fur coat, and carrying a large travelling rug, entered a first-class smoking compartment.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Newnes, George