sleeping car

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noun

a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.

Origin of sleeping car

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Words nearby sleeping car

sleep-in, sleep-induced apnea, sleeping, sleeping bag, Sleeping Beauty, sleeping car, sleeping chair, sleeping draught, sleeping partner, sleeping pill, sleeping policeman

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Example sentences from the Web for sleeping car

There was no sleeping-car for the author of "A Lodging for the Night."
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13|Elbert Hubbard
No, they were not hungry; they had dined in the sleeping-car.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
But the simile is weak, for there is a vast difference between an open sleigh and a sleeping-car.
From Paris to New York by Land|Harry de Windt
So he had had with him just enough to get his own second-class ticket, her first-class, and a sleeping-car.
Lady Rose's Daughter|Mrs. Humphry Ward

He stared at Zada, and his anger ran out of his face just as the water ran out of the silver washbowl in the sleeping-car.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes

British Dictionary definitions for sleeping car

sleeping car

noun

a railway car fitted with compartments containing bunks for people to sleep in

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单词	sleeping car
释义	sleeping car SEE SYNONYMS FOR sleeping car ON THESAURUS.COM noun a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in. Origin of sleeping car An Americanism dating back to 1830–40 Words nearby sleeping car sleep-in, sleep-induced apnea, sleeping, sleeping bag, Sleeping Beauty, sleeping car, sleeping chair, sleeping draught, sleeping partner, sleeping pill, sleeping policeman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sleeping car There was no sleeping-car for the author of "A Lodging for the Night." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13\|Elbert Hubbard No, they were not hungry; they had dined in the sleeping-car. The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)\|Charles James Wills But the simile is weak, for there is a vast difference between an open sleigh and a sleeping-car. From Paris to New York by Land\|Harry de Windt So he had had with him just enough to get his own second-class ticket, her first-class, and a sleeping-car. Lady Rose's Daughter\|Mrs. Humphry Ward He stared at Zada, and his anger ran out of his face just as the water ran out of the silver washbowl in the sleeping-car. We Can't Have Everything\|Rupert Hughes British Dictionary definitions for sleeping car sleeping car noun a railway car fitted with compartments containing bunks for people to sleep in Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sleeping car roomette, sleeper, wagon-lit
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sleeping car

noun

Origin of sleeping car

Words nearby sleeping car

Example sentences from the Web for sleeping car

British Dictionary definitions for sleeping car

noun

Words related to sleeping car