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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
dining car
noun
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▪ He worked on the railroad in the dining car for 41 years.
▪ I tucked the binoculars into the holdall again and without any sensible plans wandered back towards the dining car.
▪ I was watching the scene from the kitchen end of the dining car, standing just behind Emil, Cathy and Oliver.
▪ In the warm yellow light of the dining car windows I caught a glimpse of a woman raising a wine glass.
▪ The dining car had oak woodwork, potted palms and sumptuous meals.
▪ Zak's long scene began with impressive fireworks as soon as everyone in the dining car had been served with a drink.
Wiktionary
dining car

n. A carriage on a train that functions as a restaurant.

WordNet
dining car

n. a passenger car where food is served in transit [syn: diner, dining compartment, buffet car]

Wikipedia
Dining car

A dining car (American English) or a restaurant carriage (British English), also a diner, is a railroad passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service, sit-down restaurant.

It is distinct from other railroad food service cars that do not duplicate the full-service restaurant experience, such as cars in which one purchases food from a walk-up counter to be consumed either within the car or elsewhere in the train. Grill cars, in which customers sit on stools at a counter and purchase and consume food cooked on a grill behind the counter are generally considered to be an "intermediate" type of dining car.

Usage examples of "dining car".

After that he bought a dining car, and then an Art Deco club car, and then a private railcar that had belonged to a textile magnate.

During this bit, Zak came to the lobby as if to receive a message and went back into the centre of the dining car opening an envelope and reading the contents.

Higgins explained the situation to Tom and Eleanor as they quietly ate their dinner in the dining car.

Then next morning in the dining car the steward seated him at my table.

The car came up, Grandfather and Grandmother already in it, with the shoebox of fried chicken and devilled eggs and cake for dinner since there wouldn't be a dining car until they changed to the Limited at the junction at one oclock and Grandmother and Mother both knew Grandfather and Father well enough by this time to know they were not going to wait until one oclock to eat dinner, no matter who was dead.

Furthermore, since it wasnt sure if the dining car on the train could accommodate an unexpected 233 additional passengers, Company B was to be prepared to feed the men C- and/or 10-in-l rations.

Ernie Zimmerman, to take him back to the dining car and buy him breakfast, or at least a cup of coffee.

And when he walked three cars down to the dining car to have breakfast, his feet hurt him so much he didn't believe it.