accommodation train
noun
Railroads Now Rare. a local train.
Origin of accommodation train
1An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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How to use accommodation train in a sentence
She was on an accommodation train, too, or perhaps it was before they had good railroad service.
Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil | Alice B. EmersonThe fact that it was a decayed little coach at the end of a "mixed accommodation train" on a stub road did not matter.
A Son of the Middle Border | Hamlin GarlandSays she must be loving someone all the time, even if she is considered in the light of an accommodation train.
Letters of a Dakota Divorcee | Jane BurrMy "arriving" was always in an accommodation train fifty minutes late.
A Daughter of the Middle Border | Hamlin GarlandAbout noon he asked me to run the Walls accommodation train.
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