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_La bonne compagnie_ they found in the lounges of great hotels, on transatlantic liners, in _wagons-lits_, in music-halls, and in expensive motor-cars and restaurants.
Since Cézanne Clive Bell 1922
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She passed a wretched night, being of those who detest nights in trains without _wagons-lits_, but save money by not having _wagons-lits_, and wonder dismally all night if it is worth it.
Dangerous Ages Rose Macaulay 1919
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He was nearly an hour behind time when he reached at length the two wagons-lits carriages standing by themselves in a wilderness of tracks.
Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Perceval Gibbon 1902
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