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Speaking trumpet   /spˈikɪŋ trˈəmpət/   Listen
Speaking trumpet

noun
1.
A trumpet-shaped acoustic device to intensify and direct the human voice; formerly held to the ear by a hard-of-hearing person.





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"Speaking trumpet" Quotes from Famous Books



... from dashing off at a tangent. Above them, high and precarious, swayed the short stout figure of Bert Taylor. He was in full regalia—leather helmet, heavy leather belt, long-tailed coat, and in his free hand the chased silver speaking trumpet with the red tassels that usually hung on the wall. He was in his glory, dominating the horde. His keen eye, roving ...
— The Gray Dawn • Stewart Edward White
... &c.] Stentrophon: A speaking trumpet, by which the voice may be heard at a great distance, ...
— Hudibras • Samuel Butler
... to your starboard—you're running down a boat!" shouted Jack, dropping his wheel for three seconds in order to make a speaking trumpet ...
— Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast - or Through Storm and Stress to Florida • Louis Arundel


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