communication cord
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Then I made for the handle of the communication cord.
From The Ghost A Modern Fantasy by Arnold Bennett
She screamed, tore herself away; sprang up and pulled a communication cord.
From The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
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
"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
"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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