big voice
n.— «The siren and the inevitable “big voice” yelling at us to take cover.» —“A doctor’s list of memories of Iraq, good and bad” by Joseph L. Galloway Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.) Oct. 5, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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