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View synonyms for chair car

chair car

noun

, Railroads.
  1. a day coach having two adjustable seats on each side of a central aisle.
  2. (not in technical use) parlor car.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chair car1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
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Example Sentences

The engine, baggage car, coach, and chair car fell into the creek, claiming 96 lives and leaving only two dozen alive.

She dared not laugh aloud in the crowded chair-car, but her inner being was shaken with joy.

One woman in the chair car declared that she had seen someone just like the Mexican going through the car, about one o'clock.

The exclusive isolation of the chair car had not found favor with them.

Night before last, while the train was speeding along in the darkness, the occupants of the reclining chair car were startled.

As I sat for the rest of my journey in that chair car my mind reverted to another incident that had occurred two months earlier.

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