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communication cord

noun

  1. a cord or chain in a train which may be pulled by a passenger to stop the train in an emergency
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

He was making a mental calculation as to what height above the carriage window the communication cord might be.

She screamed, tore herself away; sprang up and pulled a communication cord.

Life was like a journey in an express train with no communication-cord.

The blood raced and beat in the veins of his neck and forehead, while he waited dumbly for the communication-cord to be pulled.

My communication-cord and my air-pipe led up between the barrels, to outer safety; but what of that?

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