roomette

Definitions

A small private compartment, for one person, in a railroad sleeping car.

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Examples

“Although many luxurious single-room sleepers are in service, the demand⟳ for sleeping accommodation on long journeys is so great that vehicles less weighty in proportion to their passenger accommodation, and therefore less expensive for the traveller, have⟳ become⟳ a paramount need⟳, which is largely solved by the roomette car.”

“The 20-hr. rail journey was, I think⟳ the most unusual and comfortable that I have⟳ ever made, because I travelled in a "roomette," a small private room for one person.”

“For most of its journey it is made up to about fourteen cars, of which a large proportion provide⟳ the better type⟳ of sleeping accommodation (bedrooms, roomettes, etc.).”

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