smoking car
noun
Origin of smoking car
1An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
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How to use smoking car in a sentence
Several of his fellow passengers in the smoking-car were passing the "Courier" about and pointing to the editorial.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonHe went directly to St. Louis, sitting up three days and nights in a smoking-car to make the journey.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineWhen the New York train reached there the young man found his guest in the smoking-car, travel-stained and distressingly clad.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineHenry Falkins had seen the two defendants sitting quietly and peaceably in the smoking-car, and they had nodded affably to him.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville BuckI'll bite the smoke-stack off every railway engine I encounter, and throw it into the smoking car, where it really belongs.
In Camp With A Tin Soldier | John Kendrick Bangs
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