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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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"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

“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

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 Irving, Henry Brodribb

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

She screamed, tore herself away; sprang up and pulled a communication cord.

From The Good Soldier by Ford, Ford Madox

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