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Though rude and sometimes ineffectual, it is a great primitive poem, an alarum or trumpet-note ringing through the American camp.— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8
This time the alarum was his salvation.— The Astonishing History of Troy Town
Dr. Johnson says alarum is a corruption of alarm_.— Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850
I cannot help having a notion that alarum is the original word; and, though I may probably be showing great ignorance in doing so, I venture to propound the following Queries 1.— Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850
How far back can the word alarum be traced in our language, and how far back alarm 2.— Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850

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