fish-horn

It was one of the most common sort, and showed in variegated colors a large fish with two tails for legs, two elongated fins for arms, on one of which was a basket containing some smaller specimens of its own species, while the other held to its mouth the melodious fish-horn that delights our ears every morning.

Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Stanford Eveleth

Our "music" consisted of a bass-drum, which was tortured by the clown; a fish-horn beautifully played upon by Sam Palmer; a dinner-bell whose din was extracted by Jack Adams.

My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. George Thompson

Juggie proudly brandished a fish-horn which he had borrowed of Simes

The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play Edward A. Rand

The lad was pounced upon and raised up on his friends 'shoulders, and away went the boat club boys around the town, Blumpo in advance of them blowing a big fish-horn.

The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview Ralph Bonehill

Sam Palmer, with his fish-horn, did tremendous execution; while Jack Adams was equally effective with his dinner-bell which, at every blow, sounded forth a note of warning.

My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. George Thompson

WAUN-KI-w-a-w-n! comes like blatant fish-horn over the silent air, and your dream of the Coliseum ends ignominiously with this nineteenth-century song of a jackass.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

He pointed toward the column, whose advance Juggie was enthusiastically stimulating by loud and prolonged blasts on the fish-horn.

The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play Edward A. Rand

In his right hand he carried a battered "fish-horn," and without seeing Mark and Andy he stopped and put this instrument to his lips, blowing a blast that made his eyes bulge and his cheeks turn purple.

On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake Roy Rockwood

From the sunny world out - of-doors came a pleasant blending of many noises, passing wagons, the low talk of chickens, the slamming of gates, and now and then the not unmusical note of a fish-horn.

The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

Ed Mason got a long fish-horn from the cabin, and began to blow it.

The Voyage of the Hoppergrass Edmund Lester Pearson 1908