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camping coach

camping coach noun: a retired passenger coach converted into accommodation for holidaymakers, and placed in a station siding in an area frequented by holidaymakers.

Noun

camping coach (plural camping coaches)

  1. (UK, dated) A retired passenger coach converted into accommodation for holidaymakers, and placed in a station siding in an area frequented by holidaymakers.
    • All regions of British Railways are offering camping coach accommodation to holidaymakers this summer. Since the war until this year, camping coaches (24 in number) have been available only on the Southern Region, but a programme of converting 89 vehicles has enabled coaches to be sited in...1952 August, “Notes and News: Camping Coaches on British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 565
    • At Littleham, a pleasant little station with three camping coaches, the token was exchanged.1960 June, R. C. Riley, “The coastal branches of South-West Devon: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 337

Forms of camping coach

pluralcamping coaches

Questions about camping coach

What does camping coach mean?
Camping coach means a retired passenger coach converted into accommodation for holidaymakers, and placed in a station siding in an area frequented by holidaymakers.
What part of speech is camping coach?
Camping coach is a noun.
What is the plural of camping coach?
The plural of camping coach is camping coaches.

Words near camping coach in the dictionary

  1. Campines
  2. campiness
  3. camping
  4. camping chair
  5. camping chairs
  6. camping coach
  7. camping coaches
  8. camping down
  9. camping gas
  10. camping ground
  11. camping grounds

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