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bell-horse

bell-horse noun: synonym of speeder.

Noun

bell-horse (plural bell-horses)

  1. (industrial relations) Synonym of speeder.
    • Shortly before the strike in London began, his 'bell-horse' had been fined by the masons' union for breaking their regulations on work and price.2014, John Rule, The Labouring Classes in Early Industrial England, 1750-1850, page 343
    Synonyms:
    speeder

Synonyms of bell-horse

Forms of bell-horse

pluralbell-horses

Questions about bell-horse

What does bell-horse mean?
Bell-horse means synonym of speeder.
What part of speech is bell-horse?
Bell-horse is a noun.
What is the plural of bell-horse?
The plural of bell-horse is bell-horses.

Words near bell-horse in the dictionary

  1. bell-faced
  2. bell-founder
  3. bell-founders
  4. bell-gable
  5. bell-gables
  6. bell-horse
  7. bell-horses
  8. Bell-Kochen-Specker theorem
  9. Bell-Krupp process
  10. bell-like
  11. bell-magpie

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