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Steam whistle   /stim wˈɪsəl/   Listen
Steam whistle

noun
1.
A whistle in which the sound is produced by steam; usually attached to a steam boiler.





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"Steam whistle" Quotes from Famous Books



... Carruthers bein' a steam whistle. Did he scare you? He does do it pretty loud when he's gettin' up steam; you see, he don't know how loud he does it, because he's deaf o' hearin'. We can't bear to lower him, but we only let him be a steam whistle for ...
— Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings • Annie Hamilton Donnell


Words linked to "Steam whistle" :   boiler, whistle, steam organ, steam boiler, calliope


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