Sentence:  Cardboard <WSD>noisemakers</WSD> , substitutes for the unavailable tin models , were being hawked and bought at makeshift stands every few yards along Broadway , and one 's ears were continually serenaded by the horns ' rasps and bleats . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration