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bell punches

bell punches is the plural of bell punch.

Meaning of bell punch

Noun

bell punch (plural bell punches)

  1. (dated) A kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell when used.
    • All local tickets were issued in the cars by the conductor, and were of the usual tramway bell-punch type.1939 June, “Pertinent Paragraphs: The Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 459

Questions about bell punches

What is bell punches the plural of?
Bell punches is the plural of bell punch.

Words near bell punches in the dictionary

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  4. Bell process
  5. bell punch
  6. bell punches
  7. bell push
  8. bell pushes
  9. bell register
  10. bell registers
  11. bell ringer

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