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speaking trumpet

noun

1 speaking trumpet

A trumpet-shaped acoustic device to intensify and direct the human voice; formerly held to the ear by a hard-of-hearing person.

Roget 418: hearing etc. v.; audition, auscultation; eavesdropping; audibility.    acute ear, nice ear, delicate ear, quick ear, sharp ear, correct ear, ... show more


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