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Meaning of slughorn | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈslʌɡhɔːn/

Definitions

  1. A certain fictional wind instrument.
    nonstandard, rare
  2. Obsolete spelling of slogan (“a battle cry among the ancient Irish or highlanders of Scotland”).
    alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“Sounde, sounde the slughornes, to bee hearde fromm farre.”
“[...] And yet / Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set / And blew "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came."”
“The horn sounded a third challenge. / 'That's a slug-horn, that is,' said Colin knowledgeably. 'Like a tocsin, only deeper.'”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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