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Definition of Buffet car
1. Noun. A passenger car where food is served in transit.
Generic synonyms: Carriage, Coach, Passenger Car
Derivative terms: Dine, Dine
Definition of Buffet car
1. Noun. A dining car. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buffet Car
Literary usage of Buffet car
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunsetby Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1901)
"Pullman Sleeping Car, Composite buffet car, Compartment Car and Pullman Sleeping
Car San Francisco to Los Angeles; Din- Ing Car San Francisco to Fresno, ..."
2. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which ...by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith (1906)
"Interior Views of Buffet Smoking Compartment, Combination Baggage and buffet car.
" Elwyn." Pennsylvania Railroad. Pullman Co., Builders. Fig. 144. ..."
3. Annual Report of the Attorney-general of the United States by United States Dept. of Justice, United States Attorney-General (1892)
"Breakfast, buffet car .50 Pullman fare, Rochester, NY, to Washington, D. C 2.00
Porterage .25 29. Self and baggage to train .50 Baggage at Washington .25 ..."
4. Transportation by William Francis Rocheleau (1910)
"The buffet car is seated with upholstered chairs, and usually contains a table
upon which ... The buffet car is usually occupied by those who wish to smoke, ..."
5. The Modern Railroad by Edward Hungerford (1911)
"First came the buffet-car, with all the conveniences of a man's club; ...
Stationery, books, and magazines became features of the buffet-car. ..."
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