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Handbell

noun

A bell that is held in the hand.

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"Handbell" Quotes from Famous Books

... Angela," said Mrs. Luttrell, stretching out her hand to a little handbell which stood upon ...

— Under False Pretences - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant

... a most polite bow. "I trust Mrs Handbell is quite well and Miss Handbell—I hardly need ask the question with ...

— Percival Keene • Frederick Marryat

... quarto pages, and above six thousand illustrations. Hugo turned solemnly to the exhaustive index, which alone occupied seventy pages of small type, and, running his finger down a column, he read out, Handbells, handbell-ringers, handbills, hand-embroidered sheets, handkerchiefs, handles, handsaws, hansoms, Hardemann's beetle ...

— Hugo - A Fantasia on Modern Themes • Arnold Bennett

... came to a definite conclusion on this subject the little handbell which always stood on Sir Raffle's table was sounded, and Eames was called into the presence of the great man. "Ah," said Sir Raffle, leaning back in his arm-chair, and stretching himself after the great exertions which he had been making—"Ah, let me see! You are going ...

— The Small House at Allington • Anthony Trollope

Words linked to "Handbell" : gong, bell, chime