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foghorn

[fog-hawrn, fawg-] / ˈfɒgˌhɔrn, ˈfɔg- /
NOUN
warning signal
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William Carlos Williams, “Anna Karenina,” Katherine Anne Porter, “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Cats,” Foghorn Leghorn: all get shoutouts here, a collective distress call that fails to move us.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

"A ferry service has decided to rename itself in honour of drag queens and its name is Foghorn Fanny," she says.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

Who cares if he sounds like Foghorn Leghorn?

From The Verge • Sep. 12, 2022

With his exaggerated Southern accent, he affects a mixture of Mr. Haney, the con artist of the 1960s CBS sitcom “Green Acres,” and the bombastic Looney Tunes rooster, Foghorn J. Leghorn.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2021

His big booming voice, recognizable above the din in all *'varsity demonstrations, earned for him the sobriquet of "Foghorn" Harwood.

From A Hoosier Chronicle by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)



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