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tintinnabulum

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tin·tin·nab·u·lum  (tnt-nby-lm)
n. pl. tin·tin·nab·u·la (-l)
A small, tinkling bell.
[Middle English, from Latin tintinnbulum, from tintinnre, to jingle, reduplication of tinnre, to ring, of imitative origin.]
tintinnabulum [ˌtɪntɪˈnæbjʊləm]
n pl -la [-lə]
(Music / Instruments) a small high-pitched bell
[from Latin, from tintinnāre to tinkle, from tinnīre to ring; see tinnitus]


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It seemed by the distant hum as if somebody's bees had swarmed, and that the neighbors, according to Virgil's advice, by a faint tintinnabulum upon the most sonorous of their domestic utensils, were endeavoring to call them down into the hive again.
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