n. pl. wa·gons-lits or wa·gon-lits (vä′gôɴ-lē) A sleeping car on a European railroad train. [French : wagon, railroad car (from English WAGON) + lit, bed (from Old French, from Latin lēctus; see legh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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