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PARLOUR CAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does parlour car mean?
• PARLOUR CAR (noun)
The noun PARLOUR CAR has 1 sense:
1. a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs
Familiarity information: PARLOUR CAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
chair car; drawing-room car; palace car; parlor car; parlour car
Hypernyms ("parlour car" is a kind of...):
carriage; coach; passenger car (a railcar where passengers ride)
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