anvil chorus
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Either way, the issues of the McDonald-Abel fight were certain to reverberate like an anvil chorus for a long time in steel uniondom and in the executive suites of the industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
The riders settled for a chilly flatcar under a heaving truck, leaving Colton amid a terrifying anvil chorus of wheels, cars and couplings stressing and whining.
From Time Magazine Archive
The long arms of the shoring stanchions smote the walls in a kind of terrific anvil chorus to the blaring orchestra of the tempest.
From The Cruise of the Dry Dock by Stribling, T. S.
The anvil, symbol of his trade, is a musical instrument and is heard in the anvil chorus from Trovatore.
From The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it by Davis, James J. (James John)
I had arranged that after the anvil chorus, the opening scene of the second act should terminate; the duet between "Manrico" and "Azucena" being thus left out.
From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 by Mapleson, James H.
