Claxon

Amid salvos of applause from the Bannister youths, and blasts of the Claxon, old Dan brought "The Dove" to a stop before the Senior Fence, and bowed to the nine, grinning genially the while.

T. Haviland Hicks Senior J. Raymond Elderdice

He heard Flora cry "Stop -- stop," and the squawk of a Claxon horn.

Men of Affairs Roland Pertwee

It was nearly time for the 9.30 A.M. express, but the "peace-ship" had inconsiderately stalled, and the choking, wheezing, and snorting of the engine, as old Dan frenziedly cranked, together with the Claxon, operated by Skeet Wigglesworth, rudely interrupted the Seniors 'chant.

T. Haviland Hicks Senior J. Raymond Elderdice

When Claxon came out he was not so satisfactory about the car as he might have been to his wife, who had never been inside a parlor car, and who had remained proudly in the background, where she could not see into it from the outside.

Ragged Lady — Volume 1 William Dean Howells 1878

"Know anything of a family named Claxon, down the road, here, a piece?"

Ragged Lady — Volume 1 William Dean Howells 1878

Claxon would answer, without troubling himself to verify the inquirer; or moving from his place, that he would get round to them, and then would hammer on, or talk on with Clementina.

Ragged Lady — Volume 1 William Dean Howells 1878

"Miss Claxon -- I Stan 'corrected," pursued the shoeman.

Ragged Lady — Volume 1 William Dean Howells 1878

He found the Claxons struggling with a fresh misgiving, which Claxon expressed.

Ragged Lady — Volume 1 William Dean Howells 1878

Mrs. Claxon said, "Of cou'se," but Claxon did not assent so readily.

Ragged Lady — Volume 1 William Dean Howells 1878

Claxon wished to put the finishing touches on the house himself, and he was willing to suspend more profitable labors to do so.

Ragged Lady — Volume 1 William Dean Howells 1878