anvil chorus
Example Sentences
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Either way, the issues of the McDonald-Abel fight were certain to reverberate like an anvil chorus for a long time in steel uniondom and in the executive suites of the industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
The riders settled for a chilly flatcar under a heaving truck, leaving Colton amid a terrifying anvil chorus of wheels, cars and couplings stressing and whining.
From Time Magazine Archive
The knocking at the side door and the thumping overhead blended in a travesty on the anvil chorus, the staccato tapping of somebody's knuckles rising flute-like above the hammering of Joel's cane.
From Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Smith, Harriet L.
Janice waited to calm herself while the new girl pumped away on the piano in a perfect anvil chorus.
From Janice Day the Young Homemaker by Long, Helen Beecher
That's the idea and if anyone starts the anvil chorus they get the skiddo.
From The Sorrows of a Show Girl by McGaffey, Kenneth
