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calliope

noun as in pipe organ

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Immediately the little girl set up a yell that, 195 as Burd declared, could have scarcely been equaled by a steam calliope.

And off Bob went, whistling like a calliope and not even turning his head to look at the cabin.

The man with the steam calliope sat exhausted over his keyboard.

John Robinson's circus boasted a steam calliope, which dispensed "biled music."

To Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, Homer and Vergil prayed when they sang of war and heroes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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