Etymology
Origin of bass horn
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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When they finally let him speak, his voice, with the flat, deep quality of a bass horn, touched off one outburst after another.
From Time Magazine Archive
Conductor Mayo Buckner is a versatile musician; he sings bass, plays the violin, piccolo, clarinet, flute, bass horn, cornet and saxophone.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Sleepy Cat musicians held back only until the arrival of the early local freight, Second Seventy-Seven, for their bass horn player, the fireman.
From Laramie Holds the Range by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)
A giant farmer, fiery and freckled, rose and in a voice like a blast from a bass horn bellowed: "Bartholomew casts her solid vote for Hampden Scarborough!"
From The Cost by Phillips, David Graham
The shriller horn belonged to Amer bin Osman, and was blown by Moto; but what did the bass horn from the interior of the village mean?
From My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
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