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communication cord

British

noun

a cord or chain in a train which may be pulled by a passenger to stop the train in an emergency

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“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

At the moment which I had calculated to be most auspicious I suddenly threw off the semblance of boredom, rose up, lurched across the carriage and pulled the communication cord.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 7, 1919. by Various

The communication cord had been pulled, and we stopped with a jerk.

From Westward with the Prince of Wales by W. Douglas (Wilfrid Douglas) Newton

She would throw the scent-bottle with her right hand, she decided, and tug the communication cord with her left.

From Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf

"Why didn't you pull the communication cord?" asked the station-master, pompously stern.

From Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Oliver Fleming

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