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/spˈikɪŋ trˈəmpət/ Listen

Speaking trumpet

noun

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

... if it like your Majesty," replied De Comines, "Reason at Paris or Plessis was used to speak in so low and soft a tone of voice, that she could not always gain an audience of your Majesty—at Peronne she borrows the speaking trumpet of Necessity, and her voice becomes ...

— Quentin Durward • Sir Walter Scott

... Mr. Broadrick was forward between the knightheads with the crew ranged to the starboard and at the braces, while Gerrit Ammidon stood with one hand on the quarter-deck railing and the other holding a brass speaking trumpet to his lips: ...

— Java Head • Joseph Hergesheimer

... in Germanophil wares conceals under his flag a very mixed cargo. He makes a Bernadotte to serve as speaking trumpet for Prussian Conservatism at the same time that he subsidises agents provocateurs for the purpose of misleading and internationalising the social reform programme of ...

— The Schemes of the Kaiser • Juliette Adam

... the owner of the yacht again appeared by the captain's side and taking the speaking trumpet from that officer he called to the boys, "Are you ...

— Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat • Ross Kay

Words linked to "Speaking trumpet" : acoustic device