Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A railway-car for luggage; a baggage-car.
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Examples
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A breakage of the coupling of the luggage-van had first caused the shock to, and then the stoppage of, the train, which in another instant would have been thrown from the top of the embankment into a bog.
Michael Strogoff 2003
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"Well, as you have come all the way in the luggage-van, pay me a dollar and a half and you may go."
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William applied at the railway station for a ticket for the train going to Sandusky, and was told that if he went by that train he would have to ride in the luggage-van.
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Afraid to remain in the town longer, he resolved to go by that train; and consequently seated himself on a goods 'box in the luggage-van.
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Just time to throw her bike to the porter in the luggage-van and quick, quick, Lily came scudding back, hustled along by the train-master!
The Bill-Toppers J. Andr�� Castaigne
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There was nothing for it but patience; and, in due time, it was rewarded by the arrival of three omnibuses and a luggage-van.
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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The luggage-van is generally placed between the carriages and the engine.
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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You don't imagine a spook-train will come along and bundle everything into its luggage-van, do you, Anne? '
Five Go Off To Camp Blyton, Enid 1948
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Arriving at Paddington, Mike stood on the platform, waiting for his box to emerge from the luggage-van, with mixed feelings of gloom and excitement.
Psmith in the City 1928
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Behind the tender, setting the platform more and more slowly swaying, came the luggage-van with a dog whining in it.
Chapter XVII. Part I 1917
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