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dressing-bells

dressing-bells is the plural of dressing-bell.

Meaning of dressing-bell

Noun

dressing-bell (plural dressing-bells)

  1. A bell rung to alert people that it is time to get dressed, especially for dinner.
    • The sound of the dressing-bell dispersed the party. It was not till after dinner that I saw him again: he then seemed quite at his ease.1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter III, in Jane Eyre. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 78

Questions about dressing-bells

What is dressing-bells the plural of?
Dressing-bells is the plural of dressing-bell.

Words near dressing-bells in the dictionary

  1. dressing the house
  2. dressing the part
  3. dressing to kill
  4. dressing up
  5. dressing-bell
  6. dressing-bells
  7. dressing-boy
  8. dressing-boys
  9. dressing-down
  10. dressing-downs
  11. dressing-gown

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