calliope
Example Sentences
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Try a few, crank up the calliope and make your own show.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2021
He also spotted a calliope during that same period.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2020
“It had a steam powered organ — a calliope — that was inimitable,” wrote Chuck.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2020
Her six-year-old feet skimming swiftly over battered gray grass, twinkly, too-bright colored lights, shards of mirror, the wild music of a steam calliope.
From The Verge ● Feb. 8, 2019
As the calliope swung into ‘Marching Through Georgia’, Uncle Sam unfolded himself out of the caboose.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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