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I remember, some years ago, how merrily you used to laugh about the "calamity-howler," whose habitat at that time was Kansas.
HUMANLY SPEAKINGSAMUEL MCCHORD CROTHERS
The old man was alive during the telephone call from the Grand Central, and dead when the howler was put on for the first time.
WHISPERING WIRESHENRY LEVERAGE
The telephone call at five minutes past twelve, and the howler put on soon afterward, checks up.
WHISPERING WIRESHENRY LEVERAGE
She came a fearful howler over a book which she herself has read, to my knowledge, within the last fortnight.
SOME PERSONS UNKNOWNE. W. HORNUNG
A reiterated word of the convulsive howler on the dock had stuck in the Tyro's mind.
LITTLE MISS GROUCHSAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
Stentor, stent′or, n. a very loud-voiced herald in the Iliad, hence any person with a remarkably loud voice: the ursine howler.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 4 OF 4: S-Z AND SUPPLEMENTS)VARIOUS
Usually the howler is detached by the switch hook during conversation from a station.
CYCLOPEDIA OF TELEPHONY AND TELEGRAPHY, VOL. 2KEMPSTER MILLER
The howler is cut off and the receiver is short-circuited by the same operation of the key.
CYCLOPEDIA OF TELEPHONY AND TELEGRAPHY, VOL. 2KEMPSTER MILLER
Good "Keeners" are in much request, and a really efficient howler is sure of regular employment.
IRELAND AS IT ISROBERT JOHN BUCKLEY (AKA R.J.B.)
David Cass came, treading on the heels of a much-whiskied howler who had summoned him.
THOROUGHBREDSW. A. FRASER

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