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n. - Sound of rapid vibration..

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Usage examples (4)
  • We also speak of the “bombilation” of the swan
  • When the bombilation became too fearful, Lovaina called out from her bed:
  • The dull reports of fog-signals had become a part of the metropolitan bombilation, but hitherto the choking mist had not secured
  • Yet it was possible in still weather to hear the muted bombilation of the sleepless city and when the wind was in the north to count the hammer-strokes of the great bell...
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