burglar alarm

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an automatic device for giving an alarm when a window, door, safe, etc., is opened or tampered with, as by a burglar.

Origin of burglar alarm

First recorded in 1830–40

burgher, Burghley, Burghley House, burghul, burglar, burglar alarm, burglarious, burglarize, burglarproof, burglary, burgle

He gives you time to sound your burglar-alarm and to get a pistol from under your pillow.
The Rulers of the Mediterranean|Richard Harding Davis
Here it ran for several weeks as a telephone system by day and a burglar-alarm by night.
The History of the Telephone|Herbert N. Casson
You should have had a burglar-alarm, she said, patronizingly.
The Doctor's Red Lamp|Various
These could be switched into connection with the burglar-alarm wires and any two of the six wires could be joined by a wire cord.
The History of the Telephone|Herbert N. Casson

If they disappoint you, he remarked, may I suggest that burglar-alarm?
Under Cover|Roi Cooper Megrue

单词	burglar alarm
释义	burglar alarm SEE SYNONYMS FOR burglar alarm ON THESAURUS.COM noun an automatic device for giving an alarm when a window, door, safe, etc., is opened or tampered with, as by a burglar. Origin of burglar alarm First recorded in 1830–40 Words nearby burglar alarm burgher, Burghley, Burghley House, burghul, burglar, burglar alarm, burglarious, burglarize, burglarproof, burglary, burgle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for burglar alarm He gives you time to sound your burglar-alarm and to get a pistol from under your pillow. The Rulers of the Mediterranean\|Richard Harding Davis Here it ran for several weeks as a telephone system by day and a burglar-alarm by night. The History of the Telephone\|Herbert N. Casson You should have had a burglar-alarm, she said, patronizingly. The Doctor's Red Lamp\|Various These could be switched into connection with the burglar-alarm wires and any two of the six wires could be joined by a wire cord. The History of the Telephone\|Herbert N. Casson If they disappoint you, he remarked, may I suggest that burglar-alarm? Under Cover\|Roi Cooper Megrue
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