calliope
Example Sentences
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He also spotted a calliope during that same period.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 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
On the internet she found Kenneth Griffard, a Michigan-based calliope specialist, who had a partly completed one, and that’s when the project started to sprout.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2018
Not long after, someone starts up the calliope and the parade begins.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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