communication cord
Britishnoun
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"Why didn't you pull the communication cord?" asked the station-master, pompously stern.
From Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Oliver Fleming
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
The other warder, unable to get to the window to help his colleague, was making vain efforts to stop the train by pulling the communication cord.
From A Book of Remarkable Criminals by Henry Brodribb Irving
"Well," said the meek voice, "the cost of pulling a communication cord is I still five pounds, and you can have just as good a pull as ever."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919 by Various
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