sleeping car
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
Example Sentences
- "In August 1859, eighty years ago, a sleeping car appeared on the Chicago & Alton Railroad of the United States, a great advance on the primitive facilities previously available."
- "'They'd be melted down into gold bars and channelled straight into the black bullion market. Have to sacrifice the rarity value of the coins, but the gold would go straight underground. As it is, someone's using the negroes - porters, sleeping-car attendants, truck-drivers - and getting the money well spread over the States.'"
- "Today, the 'Night Riviera' is one of only two sleeping car services that survive in the UK."
Inflected Forms
sleeping cars (plural)
sleeper car (alternative)