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Bell ringing

noun

The sound of someone playing a set of bells.

Persuasion of voters in a political campaign. Synonyms: canvassing, electioneering.

Playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower. Synonyms: carillon, carillon playing.

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"Bell ringing" Quotes from Famous Books

... to the state of her health, after eight hours' steady dancing the preceding night. Edith's unsophisticated head ached with it all, and her tongue grew paralyzed with the platitudes of society. The gas was lit, and the dressing-bell ringing, ...

— A Terrible Secret • May Agnes Fleming

... the bell ringing for?" Northrup roused, more because the name of Mary-Clare had been introduced than because ...

— At the Crossroads • Harriet T. Comstock

... which might have been called a palazzo rather than a villa, seemed, on the side fronting the street, to be entirely closed—all the casements of the windows being shut. But when they crossed to the gate, and pulled the big iron handle that set a bell ringing, a porter appeared—a big, indolent-looking man, who regarded them calmly, to see which ...

— Sunrise • William Black

... so quickly that they could hardly believe their ears when they heard the farm bell ringing for noon. After dinner, Jake and Peter went by the settlement, on their way to the tobacco-field, to help build Powhatan's rock chimney. The boys made bows and arrows and became so interested in playing Indian that Mr. Collins ...

— Honey-Sweet • Edna Turpin

... is life—you shall see! New faces constantly, different languages. Not a moment for boredom. Always something to do night and day—the bell ringing, the trains whistling, the omnibus coming and going and all the time the gold pieces rolling into ...

— Plays: The Father; Countess Julie; The Outlaw; The Stronger • August Strindberg

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