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factory whistle

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Noun1.factory whistle - a whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping workfactory whistle - a whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping work
whistle - acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound


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As we stumble through repairing this mess called a financial system, I find myself yearning for the days of big factories billowing smoke all over the countryside Back when a factory whistle and the smell of something burning were as intertwined into America?
As it was, I thought that if that previous northern civilisation needed some kind of sacred embodiment - some ceremony that preserved the memories of sarsaparilla, Fleetwood hake, Methodist chapels, factory whistles, wakes weeks and Whitsun walking days - then these shadows picking rhubarb by candlelight would be it, the shed its low cathedral.
 
 
 
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