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/smˈoʊkɪŋ kəmpˈɑrtmənt/ Listen

Smoking compartment

noun

A passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke. Synonyms: smoker, smoking car, smoking carriage.

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"Smoking compartment" Quotes from Famous Books

... boats, it will be well to provide a smoking compartment, as most of the crew had their smoking apparatus all ready as ...

— Aircraft and Submarines - The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day - Uses of War's Newest Weapons • Willis J. Abbot

... in the end I dozed at intervals in my empty smoking compartment; but wish to make it clear that I came on the Vision (as I will call it) with eyes open, and that it left me staring, ...

— News from the Duchy • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... your pardon," said Smith, "this is a smoking compartment." The lady replied to him volubly in French, and next instant the porter heaved the typewriter and hand-bag on the seat beside her. Smith seemed to resent the intrusion, and appeared about to blame the porter, but the man answered ...

— Jennie Baxter, Journalist • Robert Barr

... guilty panic invade his soul that after a time he arose and dressed. The sleepy porter was just turning out from the smoking compartment. ...

— The Rules of the Game • Stewart Edward White

Words linked to "Smoking compartment" : passenger car, coach, carriage