sleeping(-)car

  • 11sleeping car — n a railway carriage with beds for passengers to sleep in = ↑sleeper …

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  • 12sleeping car — sleeping ,car noun count a SLEEPER on a train …

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  • 13Sleeping car — The sleeping car or sleeper is a railroad passenger car that can accommodate all its passengers in beds of one kind or another, primarily for the purpose of making nighttime travel more restful. The first such cars saw sporadic use on American… …

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  • 14sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in. [1830 40, Amer.] * * * ▪ railroad vehicle also called  Sleeper,         railroad coach designed for overnight passenger travel. The first… …

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  • 15sleeping car — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sleeping car : singular sleeping car plural sleeping cars a sleeper on a train …

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  • 16sleeping-car, sleeping-cars ou sleeping, sleepings — ● sleeping car, sleeping cars ou sleeping, sleepings nom masculin (de l anglais to sleep, dormir) Vieux. Voiture lit …

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  • 17sleeping car — {{hw}}{{sleeping car}}{{/hw}}s. m. inv.  (pl.  ingl. sleeping cars   ) (ferr.) Vagone letto …

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  • 18Sleeping Car to Trieste — Infobox Film name = Sleeping Car to Trieste image size = caption = director = John Paddy Carstairs producer = George H. Brown writer = William Douglas Home Allan MacKinnon Clifford Grey (story) narrator = starring = Jean Kent Albert Lieven music …

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  • 19sleeping-car — slee·ping car s.f.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS ferr. → vagone letto {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1908. ETIMO: comp. di sleeping, der. di (to) sleep dormire , e car carrozza, vettura …

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  • 20sleeping car — noun a passenger car that has berths for sleeping • Syn: ↑sleeper, ↑wagon lit • Derivationally related forms: ↑sleep (for: ↑sleeper) • Hypernyms: ↑passenger car …

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