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Pullmans

Pullmans is the plural of Pullman.

Meaning of Pullman

Noun

Pullman (plural Pullmans)

  1. (US) A railroad passenger car; especially one of the luxurious ones named after the eponymous Pullman Palace Car Company.
    • It is realised that the old Pullman standard sleeper, with its convertible "sections", each containing upper and lower berths, and with no greater privacy at night than the curtains drawn along both sides of a middle aisle, has had its day.1944 November and December, “"Duplex Roomette" Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 324
    Synonyms:
    Pullman car
  2. A train made up of Pullman coaches.

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Questions about Pullmans

What is Pullmans the plural of?
Pullmans is the plural of Pullman.

Words near Pullmans in the dictionary

  1. Pullman pans
  2. Pullmanize
  3. Pullmanized
  4. Pullmanizes
  5. Pullmanizing
  6. Pullmans
  7. pullorum
  8. pullout
  9. pullouts
  10. pullover
  11. pullovered

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