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Definition of Calliopes
1. calliope [n] - See also: calliope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calliopes
Literary usage of Calliopes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Journal by National Council of Teachers of English, National Council of Teachers of English Secondary Section (1919)
"... whereas the number of those whose speech is not like the grinding of calliopes,
but is refreshing and pleasing—the people who in their speech, ..."
2. The Bookman (1903)
"... in the northern provinces ; the clothesline replaces the strings of macaroni
of the South, and the noisy, drenched women go about like steam calliopes. ..."
3. The Lower South in American History by William Garrott Brown (1902)
"The steamboats, plying all the navigable rivers, enlivening the forests with
their steam calliopes, and brightening the lowlands at night with their ..."
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