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n. - A compartment on a European passenger train.

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Usage examples (22)
  • I splurged on a first-class couchette – so I had a compartment to myself.
  • Guided by a friendly guard, she opened the door to her com-partment and found Franz sitting on a couchette.
  • Prices should be around £120-£165pp return for daytime travel, and £165-£200 return for overnight in a six-berth couchette.
  • Of course there was the dreaded train ride back despite getting a couchette, I was starting to get sick and threw up twice on the ride but I think I covered almost...
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