communication cord
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"Why didn't you pull the communication cord?" asked the station-master, pompously stern.
From Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Fleming, Oliver
"If you don't go back to the other end of the carriage at once I'll pull the communication cord and stop the train."
From A Master of Deception by Marsh, Richard
"Carried, be jabers!" roared Paddy Doolan, pulling the communication cord, while Bill, Sandy and some more, seized the Socialist.
From The Kangaroo Marines by Campbell, R. W.
Then I made for the handle of the communication cord.
From The Ghost A Modern Fantasy by Bennett, Arnold
"So perhaps it'd be just as well for me not to have thought of the communication cord, eh?"
From Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Fleming, Oliver
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