| 单词 | pullman car |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPullman car (b) spec. in Pullman car.† Pullman-carring n. Obsolete = Pullmanizing n. at Derivatives.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > sleeping car Pullman car1867 bed-carriage1869 car1873 sleeper1875 wagon-lit1884 bunk-car1894 couchette1920 slumbercoach1958 1867 Commerc. & Financial Chron. 14 Sept. 347/2 These Pullman cars..are quite as strong and serviceable as they are elegant and luxurious. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 May 6/1 Caravanning..finds its parallel in America in Pullman-carring. 1940 Amer. Speech 15 213/2 A professional person paid for her services, as the hostess at a hotel, on an airplane, or on pullman cars. 1993 C. T. Rowan Dream Makers, Dream Breakers i. 8 Blacks now had parlor-car seats, drank in the dining car, shared the Pullman cars with whites. < as lemmas |
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