Definition of Calliopes

1. Noun. (plural of calliope) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calliopes

1. calliope [n] - See also: calliope

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calliopes

calling-cards
calling cards
calling in
calling into question
calling name
calling off
calling out
calling to mind
calling to order
calling together
calling up
callingly
callings
calliope
calliopes
calliopsis
callipash
callipee
callipees
calliper
callipered
callipering
callipers
callipygean
callipygian
callipygous
callisection
callisections
callisthenic

Literary usage of Calliopes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Journal by National Council of Teachers of English, National Council of Teachers of English Secondary Section (1919)
"... whereas the number of those whose speech is not like the grinding of calliopes, but is refreshing and pleasing—the people who in their speech, ..."

2. The Bookman (1903)
"... in the northern provinces ; the clothesline replaces the strings of macaroni of the South, and the noisy, drenched women go about like steam calliopes. ..."

3. The Lower South in American History by William Garrott Brown (1902)
"The steamboats, plying all the navigable rivers, enlivening the forests with their steam calliopes, and brightening the lowlands at night with their ..."

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