"blowhorn" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1987 February 11, Jeff Kunerth, “Deaf ear may be best deterrent”, in Orlando Sentinal, page E1",
          "text": "\"Pick up your toys\" takes a parental blowhorn to permeate the brain of a young child.",
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          "ref": "1998 April 19, “Back When Beach Was Best: Resident, 81, shares memories with commission”, in Miami Herald",
          "text": "He remembers the sad, droning sound of a blowhorn from a dredge barge, a plea for help as it was swept out to sea.",
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          "ref": "2003 January 15, Heidi Shott, “Episcopalians: Mainers stand firm against racism in gatherings and vigils across the state”, in Worldwide Faith News, USA, retrieved 2011-08-02",
          "text": "[F]rom atop enormous snow banks they sang civil rights-era songs and waited for the speakers from inside to come outside to deliver their speeches via blowhorn.",
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          "ref": "2009 Feb. 24, Matthew Johnston, \"Bible bid to stop porn addiction at Sexpo,\" Herald Sun (Australia) (retrieved 25 Feb. 2009)",
          "text": "\"We could stand outside with a blowhorn and say you are all sinners but the reality is that doesn't work,\" Mr Davies said."
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          "ref": "2010 June 1, David Pickthall, “Are you ready to make some noise?”, in North-West Evening Mail, UK, retrieved 2011-08-02",
          "text": "I’m talking, of course, about the vuvuzela. Essentially, a metre-long blowhorn, which you may struggle to get past a steward at an English football ground.",
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        "A device, often funnel-shaped and sometimes hand-held, which is used to emit loud sounds or amplified human speech."
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          "amplified"
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          "speech",
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        {
          "word": "bullhorn"
        },
        {
          "word": "loudhailer"
        },
        {
          "word": "megaphone"
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        {
          "word": "blow horn"
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          "word": "blow-horn"
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          "ref": "1998 April 19, “Back When Beach Was Best: Resident, 81, shares memories with commission”, in Miami Herald",
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          "ref": "2003 January 15, Heidi Shott, “Episcopalians: Mainers stand firm against racism in gatherings and vigils across the state”, in Worldwide Faith News, USA, retrieved 2011-08-02",
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