Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Trumpets collectively.
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Examples
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Indians of the far North, turned her back upon the world-fashionable, and without fanfare or trumpetry, headed into the land of primal things.
The Gun-Brand 1921
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More vulgar possibly than the trumpetry which heralded the arrival of Lancelot at a château, but on the whole quite as effective.
The Job An American Novel Sinclair Lewis 1918
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Cornhill is accustomed to grandeur and greatness, and has witnessed, every ninth of November, for I don't know how many centuries, a prodigious annual pageant, chariot, progress, and flourish of trumpetry; and being so very near the Mansion House, I am sure the reader will understand how the idea of pageant and procession came naturally to my mind.
Roundabout Papers William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Cornhill is accustomed to grandeur and greatness, and has witnessed, every ninth of November, for I don’t know how many centuries, a prodigious annual pageant, chariot, progress, and flourish of trumpetry; and being so very near the Mansion House, I am sure the reader will understand how the idea of pageant and procession came naturally to my mind.
Roundabout Papers 2006
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Ahem, anyway being a company man, couldn't resist the temptation for a little EA trumpetry, saying: "We've hosted over a billion online games.
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