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Speaking tube   /spˈikɪŋ tub/   Listen
Speaking tube

noun
1.
A tube for conveying the sound of a voice from one room to another.





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"Speaking tube" Quotes from Famous Books



... hurried directions through the speaking tube to the attentive footman, and so explicit were these directions that the greatest excitement prevailed upon the decorous front seat of the car—first the footman looked back along the road, then the chauffeur, after which a thrill of excitement seemed to fairly race up and down their liveried ...
— The Prince of Graustark • George Barr McCutcheon
... couple of thousand, Lieutenant," said Dr. Bird into the speaking tube. "We can't see ...
— The Solar Magnet • Sterner St. Paul Meek
... him to the wall where the day before he had installed a peculiar box about four by six inches long connected in some way with a lens-like box of similar size above our bell and speaking tube in the hallway below. He opened it, disclosing an oblong plate of ...
— The Exploits of Elaine • Arthur B. Reeve


Words linked to "Speaking tube" :   tube, tubing


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