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The bar that moves at 79 mph while you pretend not to spill.
means A railroad passenger car fitted out as a lounge or bar, where travelers can buy drinks and snacks while the train is in motion.
from From "club" — the social-gathering sense borrowed from English gentlemen's clubs, themselves named from the older meaning of a group of people "clubbing together" — paired with "car" in its American railroad sense, short for "railroad car," from a word ultimately tracing back through Old North French to Latin "carrus," a wheeled vehicle. The pairing arose with the rise of luxury rail travel, when railways began offering parlor and lounge cars styled after the clubby comfort of a private club. The name lingers today on the small carts that ferry people around golf courses, which borrowed the breezy, leisure-class flavor of the term.
- origin
- Born when railroads chased wealthy first-class passengers
- golf hijack
- Now mostly means electric carts hauling golfers
- company size
- Club Car builds over 100,000 vehicles yearly
- amtrak version
- Cafe cars sell microwaved nostalgia at scenic speeds
- prohibition irony
- Some ran dry during alcohol bans, awkwardly named
club car ds — golf cart manufacturer based in augusta, georgia, produces over 500,000 vehicles annually
club car precedent — best-selling golf cart model since 2004, used on courses worldwide including augusta national