calliope
Example Sentences
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The Natchez played a calliope tribute, the first time the calliope has been heard in weeks after the boat stopped its tours.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 3, 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
It was performed exclusively by kids -- little kids, bigger kids, teenagers – but was a full-on big top experience, with sawdust and a calliope, acrobats and aerialists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2018
I also received bright orange 3D plastic models for those sizes, which, clustered together, resemble a miniature skyline or calliope pipes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2017
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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