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speaking trumpet

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speaking trumpet
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(Medicine) a trumpet-shaped instrument used to carry the voice a great distance or held to the ear by a deaf person to aid his hearing
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Noun1.speaking trumpetspeaking trumpet - a trumpet-shaped acoustic device to intensify and direct the human voice; formerly held to the ear by a hard-of-hearing person
acoustic device - a device for amplifying or transmitting sound


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In front is a leather rack, in which to keep your speaking trumpet, pipe, telescope, and other nautical conveniences.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
She took a speaking trumpet and through it she shouted, sharp and quick, a single "Ha
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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