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car-sleepers

car-sleepers is the plural of car-sleeper.

Meaning of car-sleeper

Noun

car-sleeper (plural car-sleepers)

  1. (UK) A sleeping car train which also includes vehicles for carrying passengers' motor cars.
    • More fast trains between England and Scotland, and additional "car-sleeper" overnight services for motorists, are important features of British Railways summer timetables, which come into operation on June 17. In all, 98 long-distance trains will be speeded-up to save 10-75 min. and many will make...1957 June, “Notes and News: B.R. Summer Passenger Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 433
    Synonyms:
    motorail

Questions about car-sleepers

What is car-sleepers the plural of?
Car-sleepers is the plural of car-sleeper.

Words near car-sleepers in the dictionary

  1. car-seat
  2. car-seats
  3. car-sharing
  4. car-sick
  5. car-sleeper
  6. car-sleepers
  7. car-sticker
  8. car-stickers
  9. car-surf
  10. car-surfed
  11. car-surfing

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