parlor car

American  

noun

1. a railroad passenger car that has individual reserved seats and is more comfortable than a day coach.

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parlor car British  

noun

1. (in the US and Canada) a comfortable railway coach with individual reserved seats

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Etymology

Origin of parlor car

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Or is it the soft, steady voice of the stranger in the train’s parlor car, telling a story to the boy’s father?

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2015

It also collects all revenues from sleeping and parlor car ticket sales.

From Time Magazine Archive

The secret, if it proves as workable as its inventors hope, is the mobile lounge�a fat-tired monster that rolls regally over the landing strip like a parlor car on stilts.

From Time Magazine Archive

The classroom is a converted parlor car, and the students are commuters in one of two new programs to let businessmen take courses as they ride to and from New York City.

From Time Magazine Archive

Walking to board the parlor car, we had passed a dining car toward which he jerked his head, “I used to work on that thing.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey