Definitions

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  • noun A button that rings a bell (such as a doorbell) when pressed.

Etymologies

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bell +‎ push

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Examples

  • He mounted the double step to the stout, six-panel door and gave the large brass bellpush a shove.

    The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011

  • There was a bellpush and I pushed, and brrrrrrr brrrrr sounded down the hall inside.

    Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

  • 'Not a bit of it,' I said as a last chance, with my hand over the bellpush.

    A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900

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