speaking trumpet
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A ladder, a dress dummy and a speaking trumpet are all that’s needed to bring the most unruly fantasy elements to life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2017
Ben sent these words through an impromptu speaking trumpet made with one hand curved around his mouth.
From Mabel's Mistake by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
Now the captain had trained his crew to habits of implicit obedience and had no notion of having his orders resisted by a monkey, so he took his speaking trumpet and called for Double Mouth.
From The Animal Story Book by Various
"Anna, my daughter Anna," cried Herr Dapsul down through the speaking trumpet; "come up here to me immediately!"
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm
The Vicar, hard pressed, did all he could to say into her speaking trumpet what had really happened.
From The Wonderful Visit by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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