Sleeperetten.
/sliːpəˈrɛt/ The proprietary name of a kind of reclining seat; = sleeper seat n. at sleeper n. Compounds 2.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > of specific type or position
driver's seata1726
side seat1742
driving seat1788
back seata1832
aisle seat1838
car seat1850
reclining seat1857
window seat1862
passenger seat1867
seat-board1873
garden seat1884
bucket-seat1908
shotgun1940
Sleeperette1950
sleeper seat1960
1950 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 11 July 443/2 Pan American Airways Inc., New York... Sleeperette. For transportation of passengers by aircraft.
1959 Radio Times 2 Jan. 28/2 (advt.) Travel by sleeperettes on the ‘Austropa Express’.
1966 Punch 31 Aug. 341/1 We could put Emma, who is three.., beside a VIP in his long-lie sleeperette.
1968 Guardian 27 Apr. 10/2 (advt.) Fred Olsen car ferry from Harwich; single sleeperette fare £8 5s.
1982 Daily Tel. 24 Dec. 11/5 British Airways' new first class ‘sleeperette’ service.
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