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wagon lit

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wa⋅gon-lit

[Fr. va-gawn-lee]
–noun, plural wa⋅gons-lits [va-gawn-lee] .
(in continental European usage) a railroad sleeping car.

Origin:
1880–85; < F, equiv. to wagon railway coach (< E) + lit bed (< L lectus)
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