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vamphorn

American  
[vamp-hawrn] / ˈvæmpˌhɔrn /

noun

  1. a megaphone in use during the 18th and early 19th centuries for public address in church services.

Etymology

Origin of vamphorn

vamp 1 + horn; so called from its use in amplifying one voice as an accompaniment in choral singing

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