smoking compartment
Example Sentences
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A minute or so later the train was rolling out into the yard with its blazing electric lights, and Armitage, now hopelessly wakeful, was in the smoking compartment, regarding an unlighted cigar.
From Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport by McFall, J. V.
The man who was shaving at the mirror-paneled door of the Pullman smoking compartment looked at his questioner on the leather seat opposite.
From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth
But it is fair to say that the discerning reporter never idles away his time in the smoking compartment of the car when returning with a story.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)
In the smoking compartment, when we were under way, I sat gazing out of the car window at fleeting fields still a-sparkle with frost crystals on wood and stubble.
From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville
In future boats, it will be well to provide a smoking compartment, as most of the crew had their smoking apparatus all ready as soon as we came up.
From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)
