communication cord
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"If you don't go back to the other end of the carriage at once I'll pull the communication cord and stop the train."
From A Master of Deception by Marsh, Richard
"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
“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
"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 Yates, Dornford
"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 Fleming, Oliver
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