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bells

/bɛlz/ noun A2
  1. Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time.
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They wore round hats that rose to a small point a foot above their heads, with little bells around the brims that tinkled sweetly as they moved.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 6 · B2
The Mule carrying the treasure walked with head erect, as if conscious of the value of his burden, and tossed up and down the clear-toned bells fastened to his neck.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 95 · B2
Douglas’s dumb-bells,” said Ames.
The Valley of Fear, p. 46 · C1
If you were out in a great big woods with other trees all around you and little mosses and June bells growing over your roots and a brook not far away and birds singing in your branches, you could grow, couldn’t you?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 21 · C1

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