fish-horn
See also: fish horn
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Noun
fish-horn (plural fish-horns)
- (historical) A horn that produces a loud and penetrating sound, used by a fishmonger to announce that the catch is in.
- 1884, George Thompson, My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson[1]:
- 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.
- 1886, Edward A. Rand, The Knights of the White Shield[2]:
- He pointed toward the column, whose advance Juggie was enthusiastically stimulating by loud and prolonged blasts on the fish-horn.
- 1897, Ralph Bonehill, The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview[3]:
- 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.