| noun | 1. An alarm bell or signal. |
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 |  | | "We awoke every morning to a blaring tocsin from the neighbor's apartment." |
|  | | "The record flooding was the tocsin the state needed to take coastal erosion more seriously." |
|  | | "When you hear the tocsin, head to the pier for departure." |
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 | Provençal, late 16th century |
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 | "Tocsin" is an archaic word for an alarm or signal. It was originally a bell sounded to alert an entire city, but over time it became more of a metaphorical warning signal. For example: "We saw the declining population as a tocsin." ... | Continue Reading |
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