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dinner bell

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Noun1.dinner belldinner bell - a bell rung to announce that dinner has been served
bell - a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck


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Here the dinner bell interrupted a conversation which had wrought such an effect on Sophia, that she was, perhaps, more obliged to her bleeding in the morning, than she, at the time, had apprehended she should be.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
My own room was the best place for me till the dinner bell rang.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Brayne in the room was as decisive as a dinner bell.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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