buffet car
noun Railroads.
a car having facilities for preparing and serving light meals.
Origin of buffet car
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Words nearby buffet car
buffer state,
buffer stock,
buffer value,
buffer zone,
buffet,
buffet car,
buffeting,
buffett,
bufflehead,
buffo,
buffon
Example sentences from the Web for buffet car
As the train was to be a light one, consisting of a buffet-car and a parlor-car, the party could not be very large.
Aladdin & Co. |Herbert QuickStationery, books, and magazines became features of the buffet-car.
The Modern Railroad |Edward Hungerford
British Dictionary definitions for buffet car
buffet car
/ (ˈbʊfeɪ) /
noun
British
a railway coach where light refreshments are served