shophar
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A rabbi banned the sounding of Shophar ram's horn on the Jewish New Year for fear the populace would take it for an air-raid signal.
From Time Magazine Archive
N the Great Synagogue of Aldgate, in London, a very fine specimen of the Shophar or Ram's Horn is blown on New Year's Day, and on the Day of Atonement.
From Chatterbox, 1906 by Clarke, J. Erskine (John Erskine)
He signed to the Tokeang—the Shophar blower—and instantly the weird, curious, quavering, vibrating sounds broke on the still air.
From The Mark of the Beast by Watson, Sidney
Shophar is the Hebrew name for what is usually translated 'ram's horns.'
From Chatterbox, 1906 by Clarke, J. Erskine (John Erskine)
