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speaking trumpets

speaking trumpets is the plural of speaking trumpet.

Meaning of speaking trumpet

Noun

speaking trumpet (plural speaking trumpets)

  1. A megaphone (of the older, non-electric kind).
    • He passed his arm round a rope to steady himself, made a speaking-trumpet of his hands, and suddenly dropped them again without uttering a sound.1866, Wilkie Collins, Armadale, Book the First/Chapter IV: The Shadow of the Past

Questions about speaking trumpets

What is speaking trumpets the plural of?
Speaking trumpets is the plural of speaking trumpet.

Words near speaking trumpets in the dictionary

  1. speaking someone's language
  2. speaking terms
  3. speaking to
  4. speaking too soon
  5. speaking trumpet
  6. speaking trumpets
  7. speaking truth to power
  8. speaking tube
  9. speaking tubes
  10. speaking up
  11. speaking voice

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