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- noun Plural form of
larum .
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Examples
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_ The old bell will never again ring out the gay 'larums of a 'Third Entry' barring-out.
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Loud larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets clang?
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But this I think, that many are made gormands and gluttons by custom, that were not so by nature; and I see in some countries, men as lusty and strong, that eat but two meals a-day, as others that have set their stomachs by a constant usage, like larums, to call on them for four or five.
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Your threats, your larums, and your hot pursuits;
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Loud 'larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets 'clang?
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Your threats, your 'larums, and your hot pursuits;
Edward the Second Christopher Marlowe 1578
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Loud ’larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets’ clang?
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Loud 'larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets clang? "
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various
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Loud 'larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets clang? "
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Various
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Loud 'larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets clang? "
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 Various
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