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Pullman

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Pullman  (plmn)
n.
1. A railroad parlor car or sleeping car. Also called Pullman car.
2. A large suitcase. Also called Pullman case.

[After George Mortimer Pullman (1831-1897), American industrialist and inventor.]

pull·man  (plmn)
adj.
Small, long, and narrow in architectural design: a pullman hall; a pullman kitchen.

[From its resemblance to a Pullman railroad car.]

Pullman [ˈpʊlmən]
n pl -mans
(Transport / Railways) a luxurious railway coach, esp a sleeping car Also called Pullman car
[named after George M. Pullman (1831-97), the US inventor who first manufactured such coaches]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Pullman - luxurious passenger carPullman - luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel
carriage, passenger car, coach - a railcar where passengers ride
Translations
Pullman® [ˈpʊlmən] N (Pullmans (pl))
1. (Brit) (also Pullman carriage) → vagón m de primera clase
2. (US) (also Pullman car) → coche m cama
Pullman [ˈpʊlmən] n
(British) (also Pullman carriage) (= luxury carriage) → voiture f pullman inv
(British) (also Pullman train) (= luxury train) → train m pullman inv
(US) (also Pullman car) (= sleeping carriage) → wagon-lit m
pull-out [ˈpʊlaʊt]
n
(= withdrawal) [forces, troops] → retrait m
(in magazine)supplément m détachable
modif [magazine, pages] → détachable
Pullman®
n (= Pullman car)Pullmanwagen m; (= Pullman train)Pullman® m
Pullman [ˈpʊlmən] n (also Pullman car) → pullman m inv


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At that time one Felice Van Verdighan, accompanied by two maids and a lap-dog, with another maid for the lap-dog,* entered a drawing-room on a Pullman,** and a few minutes later was speeding west.
Martin thought; you can travel in a Pullman while I starve for the paltry five dollars you owe me.
It is one of the most incredible miracles of telephony that a passenger at New York, who is about to start for Chicago on a fast express, may telephone to Chicago from the drawing-room of a Pullman.
 
 
 
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