telephone-bell en · NOUN
Meanings
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A small bell, installed in a telephone, which rings to announce incoming calls.
"Halloa! There's that telephone-bell again." From time to time during and after lunch the high, insistent ring had summoned the Professor.
1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| telephone-bells | Number=Plur | lexicographic |