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[ noun ] a device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration

Used in print

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

Cardboard noisemakers , substitutes for the unavailable tin models , were being hawked and bought at makeshift stands every few yards along Broadway , and one 's ears were continually serenaded by the horns ' rasps and bleats .

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

By the time Felix turned_up it was early afternoon , which , one would think , would be late enough so that by then , except for small children and a_few hardy souls who had not_yet sobered_up , it could have been expected that people would no_longer be having any sort of active interest in the previous night 's noisemakers and paper hats .

Related terms

device horn thunderer

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