Calliope definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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After all, Hillary Clinton (whose wretched campaign tactics Hamsher has so determinedly overlooked for so long ...) had lots of "experience" when she climbed on the bushCo war-calliope, and for some reason, that "experience" wasn't enough to get her off, until she saw her campaign imploding in front of her eyes, after more than five years of the bloody, useless, mayhem in Iraq.

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noun A musical instrument fitted with steam whistles, played from a keyboard.

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It was also one he couldn't identify After the old lady released him, Doc got to his feet The bare-footed man was going through the house like a circus calliope, then out to the barn where the others were fighting the fire Doc had lighted to divert their attention There was some excited bellowing until the man made himself understood. — 112 - The Speaking Stone
Carnival sounds-- calliope music and the seductive cry of barkers, their pitches unintelligible in the distance -- rose to his ears. — F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 01 - January 1996
There it was: the joyous shout of the calliope, the basso trumpet of the elephant, the brassy jig of the band, the snap of canvas in a summer breeze. — F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 02 - February 1997
"Just an appetizer Why didn't we come up by car on the road We could have marched in procession behind a steam calliope, too," Stub said He led the way. — 120 - Waves Of Death
She had a shrill calliope-like voice and a way of using six words to do the work of one. — 150 - The Wee Ones