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Definition of Claxons
1. claxon [n] - See also: claxon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Claxons
Literary usage of Claxons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Friends of France: The Field Service of the American Ambulance Described by by Abram Piatt Andrew (1916)
"Horns, claxons, and the hum of motors make in the little mountain-smothered
streets the noises of Broadway or Piccadilly. The cafes and stores are full from ..."
2. The Story of the 91st Division (1919)
"The noise of narrow-gauge railways, motor trucks, the unloading of heavy material,
loud cries, sirens and claxons could be heard through the whole night. ..."
3. The Urban Condition: space, community, and self in the contemporary metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"Traffic piles up in the streets in a chaotic symphony of claxons: in a slum
quarter a child cries and won't be comforted. ..."
4. The Journey by Timothy Tuohy (2006)
"... than the claxons sounded and the monotone female voice called the crew back
to battle stations. ..."
5. Co. C, 127th Infantry, in the World War: A Story of the 32nd Division and a by Paul W. Schmidt (1919)
"These alarms were sounded by firing pistols or by claxons. Nothing serious happened.
We were detained in the woods while each man received two bandoleers ..."
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