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ˈdinner-bell
The bell rung to announce dinner; usually, the ordinary bell of the house, hotel, ship, etc., rung at a fixed time; also, a particular bell used for this purpose.
1682O. N. Boileau's Lutrin iv. 206 For all Agree, no Knell Could more concern them than the Dinner-bell! 1782Phil. Trans. LXXII. 376 Close to the chimney..a dinner-bell hung in a common frame. a1859L. Hunt Robin Hood iv. v, The horn was then their dinner-bell. 1879F. W. Robinson Coward Consc. i. viii, The dinner-bell rang for the first time. 1887Spectator 26 Feb. 287/2 The dinner-bell would begin to ring at half-past 5. |