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WAGON-LIT
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Irregular inflected form: wagons-lits
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A passenger car that has berths for sleeping
Synonyms:
sleeper; sleeping car; wagon-lit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wagon-lit" is a kind of...):
carriage; coach; passenger car (a railcar where passengers ride)
Meronyms (parts of "wagon-lit"):
drawing room (a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet)
roomette (a small private compartment for one on a sleeping car)
