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Definition of Parlour car
1. Noun. A passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs.
Generic synonyms: Carriage, Coach, Passenger Car
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parlour Car
Literary usage of Parlour car
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction and Administration by Frederick Smeeton Williams (1888)
"... 1 us parlour car, a luxurious 13 f: r; v jl only. It was a taste- 311 cf.ir fifty
feet long, ..."
2. We; a Confession of Faith for the American People During and After the War by Gerald Stanley Lee (1916)
"... PRESIDENT AND THE parlour car THE President feels as deeply as anyone about
America's self-expression and about America's defending itself by looking as ..."
3. We; a Confession of Faith for the American People During and After the War by Gerald Stanley Lee (1916)
"... AND THIS BOOK I THE PRESIDENT AND THE parlour car THE President feels as deeply
as anyone about America's self-expression and about America's defending ..."
4. The Land of Contrasts: A Briton's View of His American Kin by James Fullarton Muirhead (1898)
"The parlour car corresponds to our first class ; and its use has this ...
The parlour-car rates, however, increase considerably as we go on towards the West ..."
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