motor-horn

Tomorrow everything would be his, he thought exultantly as the blare of a motor-horn announced Mr. Lecky's arrival.

"The Moon Woman" by Minna Irving, part 2 Johnny Pez 2010

Tomorrow everything would be his, he thought exultantly as the blare of a motor-horn announced Mr. Lecky's arrival.

Archive 2010-04-01 Johnny Pez 2010

They entertained the notion for a time of selecting the two worst machines from the hiring-stock, painting them over with crimson enamel paint, replacing the bells by the loudest sort of motor-horn, and doing a ride about to begin and end the entertainment.

The War in the Air Herbert George 2006

It was a loud, startling noise, something like the toot of a small motor-horn.

Down and Out in Paris and London 2004

As they spoke, there came the hideous cry of a motor-horn just behind, and John Bankes came to a stop beside them, radiant at his own steering-wheel.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

As they spoke, there came the hideous cry of a motor-horn just behind, and John Bankes came to a stop beside them, radiant at his own steering-wheel.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

"More extremes," he added, as a long, soft blast of a motor-horn sounded just outside the walls.

Desert Love Joan Conquest

He broke off suddenly, and the next instant the two men started to their feet as the hoot of a motor-horn sounded loudly outside the house.

The Making of a Soul Kathlyn Rhodes

Billy Brewster groomed him, whistling softly through his teeth while he brushed and curry-combed, the occasional honk of a motor-horn as a car sped by in the distance.

The Vision of Desire Margaret Pedler

With three toots of an ordinary motor-horn indicate the following: -- (_a_) contempt, (_b_) rage, (_c_) homicidal mania.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917 Various