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Ahead of the convention, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt met with party officials in the 51st Street rail yard where his fortified sleeping car, the Ferdinand Magellan, was parked.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024
Founded shortly after the end of the American Civil War in 1867 by George Pullman, the Pullman Company popularized sleeping car train travel in America—for the white middle and upper class—by offering luxury sleeper cars and high-end service from Pullman porters.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2021
Davis got an early taste of what was in-store while traveling from Los Angeles to basic training and having to give up his sleeping car when his train reached El Paso, Texas.
—Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2024
On the Helsinki-Kolari route, there are occasionally older sleeping cars with three-bed compartments.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
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First Known Use
1839, in the meaning defined above
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“Sleeping car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleeping%20car. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
sleeping car
noun
: a railroad passenger car having berths for sleeping
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