hard class

noun

A class of accommodation, typically on trains, which is less comfortable than other classes, and might have wooden seating.

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Meanings

nounhard class (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountablelifestyleA class of accommodation, typically on trains, which is less comfortable than other classes, and might have wooden seating.

    One main line only can show any mile-a-minute running, and that is the straight and reasonably level 404 miles between Moscow and Leningrad. There are two diesel-hauled expresses in each direction daily—rather oddly carrying "hard class" passengers only—which cover the distance in 6hr 20min [...].

    1962 December, “Beyond the channel: U.S.S.R.: Train speeds still rising”, in Modern Railways, page 418
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