steam whistle


noun
  1. a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc

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How to use steam whistle in a sentence

  • Seven o'clock in the morning is too early for any rational human being to be herded into a factory at the call of a steam whistle.

  • Then he paraded the Harvest Moon the length of Portate's water-front, tooting his steam whistle.

    The Belted Seas | Arthur Colton
  • In the meantime, he had much to do and drove his men hard, until a steam-whistle hooted and they threw down their tools.

    The Girl From Keller's | Harold Bindloss
  • In the following year came Stephenson's steam whistle; and in the year following came the McCormick reaper.

    Invention | Bradley A. Fiske
  • The sailors were clearing the decks above me; at intervals the steam whistle sounded; we were preparing to get under way.