Definition of Roomette

1. Noun. A small private compartment for one on a sleeping car.

Generic synonyms: Compartment
Group relationships: Sleeper, Sleeping Car, Wagon-lit
Derivative terms: Room

Definition of Roomette

1. Noun. (American English) A small private compartment, for one person, in a railroad sleeping car ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roomette

1. a small room [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roomette

room decorator
room for a pony
room in
room light
room rate
room service
room temperature
room together
roomage
roomate
roome
roomed
roomers
roomes
roomette (current term)
roomettes
roomful
roomfuls
roomie
roomier
roomies
roomiest
roomily
roominess
roominesses
rooming
rooming-in care
rooming house
rooming houses

Literary usage of Roomette

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Canadian Transportation and Distribution Management (1869)
"Canadian Car and Foundry Co., Ltd., has completed delivery to the CNR of 20 duplex roomette sleeping cars of 24 rooms each, and two 135-ton depressed center ..."

2. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"They reckon they're got us now I To take roomette.by storm ! They're timing ! — it can't be long— Now for the nub of t'te fight ! Only ere how grandly they ..."

3. The Roswell Report: Fact Vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert by Richard L. Weaver (1997)
"Got roomette on Spirit about 530. Galled t-'rs Ewing in NYC. Left "ewar'c or Spirit of .3t Louis at 620 pm. April Tues. ..."

4. The Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Maryland by Maryland, William Blair Lord (1864)
"Nyman, Pugh, Purnell, roomette, Russell, Sands, Schley, Schlosser, Smith, of Worcester, Stirling, Stockbridge, Sykes, Thomas, Todd, Wickard, ..."

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