bar car

noun

1. a railroad car equipped with a bar that serves beverages, especially liquors and beer, and sometimes snacks.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bar car¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

"Where else would I put my alcohol if not on my overcrowded bar car?" says Alyse Whitney, Haus aperitif collector and lover of booze storage practicality.

From Salon

The dangers of taking chances for gay men in a previous era, and the loves thereby lost, are movingly described in “A Guy Walks Into a Bar Car,” and for those obsessed with the character of Hugh, there is much of him as well, appearing almost in reverse: as a front-seat passenger in “Possession” and a dubious boyfriend in “Dentists Without Borders,” until at last, 300 pages in, he and David are introduced.

From New York Times

The boutique transit service is generally known for its Friday afternoon happy hour, when consultants and tech employees in Hawaiian shirts ride home from work sipping microbrews in the bar car.

From Los Angeles Times

The other guy, Haskins, is playing for the Washington Redskins, the organizational equivalent of a drunken bar car.

From Washington Post

I was free to stretch and roam, though that mostly meant padding to the bar car for tea refills.

From New York Times