foghorn

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He was young and kind of good-lookin', with a voice like the Skakit foghorn, and he took the sins of the world in his mouth, one after the other, as you might say, and shook 'em same's a pup would a Sunday bunnit.

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  1. noun Nautical A horn for sounding warning signals in fog or darkness, used especially on ships, buoys, and coastal installations.
  2. noun A booming, insistent voice.

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  • The foghorn, however, was still at it, full blast. —  Maigret and the Death of a Harbormaster—Simenon, Georges-15
  • The foghorn was take on a sound like a train racing away. —  Asimov's SF, October-November2006
  • From the distance came the sound of a foghorn, probably from a ship trying to find its way into port. —  MAIGRET and the Yellow Dog - Georges Simenon - 06
  • Ligotti has a voice like a foghorn that smokes too much. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 02 - August 1997
  • This time she steered the boat directly toward the foghorn, the one thing she could hear. —  Question Quest
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