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Pullman
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'''Pullman''' is the name of some places in the
United States United States of America:
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Pullman, Michigan
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Pullman, Washington
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Pullman, Chicago
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Pullman, West Virginia
'''Pullman, Illinois''', now within the city limits of
Chicago, Illinois Chicago, was a
company town of the Pullman Company, where a famous
Strike action strike took place in
1894. (See
Pullman Strike.)
'''Pullman, Washington''' is the home of
Washington State University.
The term '''Pullman''' was often used to refer to railroad
sleeping cars in the United States, and to railway
dining cars in Europe, which were both run by the
Pullman Company (founded by
George Pullman) or
lounge cars operated by the
Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. In Britain, '''Pullman''' refers to the
lounge cars operated by the "British Pullman Car Company."
In architecture,
Pullman (architecture) pullman refers to a long, narrow room.
A
pullman loaf refers to a long, square-edged loaf of bread.
Philip Pullman is an English writer.
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