wagon-lits

At luncheon things were better — it was always a fine meal; a thousand lunches in inns and restaurants, wagon-lits, buffets, and aeroplanes were a mighty collation to have taken together.

Tender is the Night 2003

He represented to her the fine flower of the Church of England -- a gentleman, a scholar, an ideal physical type of the Anglican dignitary, a man of unquestionable piety and Christian charity, a personage who would be recognized for what he was by Hottentots or Esquimaux or attendants of wagon-lits trains or millionaires of the Middle West of America or Parisian Apaches.

The Fortunate Youth 1914

It would be a thirty-eight hour journey, and they had engaged two sleeping compartments, _wagon-lits_ as they are called on the Continental express.

The Jolliest School of All Angela Brazil 1907

He represented to her the fine flower of the Church of England -- a gentleman, a scholar, an ideal physical type of the Anglican dignitary, a man of unquestionable piety and Christian charity, a personage who would be recognized for what he was by Hottentots or Esquimaux or attendants of wagon-lits trains or millionaires of the Middle West of America or Parisian

The Fortunate Youth William John Locke 1896

Il Passero had found her, and, after several times successfully "indicating" where coups could be made, she had been taken into his employment as a decoy, frequently travelling on the international _wagon-lits_ and restaurants, where she succeeded in attracting the attention of men and holding them in conversation with a mild flirtation while other members of the gang investigated the contents of their valises.

Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo William Le Queux 1895