communication cord
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"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 Oliver Fleming
"I can wave to the engine-driver as we go round a bend if you think it's any good, or, of course, there's always the communication cord, only—" I broke off and looked at her.
From The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates
She noted the exact position of the communication cord.
From Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
Merrick had been meantime invested with a similar rig-out, and then each was provided with a communication cord and an incandescent electric lamp.
From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Arthur Morrison
“Come over here and listen to a story,” said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.
From Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki
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