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- noun Alternative spelling of
bell ringer .
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Examples
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In them, among other dramatic incidents, will be found an episode about a bellringer, which is almost identical with the one
Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville Prince De Joinville 1859
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Army bellringer for seasonal attention, waking the whole damn sleeping house.
Santa’s stuck Ed Higgins 2011
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Next time, I do hand the money directly to the bellringer.
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I use the items in this book as bellringer activities.
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With "" The Hunchback of Notre Dame, '' Disney has turned Victor Hugo's deformed, bitter bellringer, Quasimodo, into "" Quasi, '' cute enough for a Happy Meal figurine.
Coming Up Roses 2008
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"Once again, a Salvation Army bellringer found a gold coin worth ..."
Boing Boing: December 22, 2002 - December 28, 2002 Archives 2002
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To be sure this necessitates ringing the bell from one of the pews, but a little later the bellringer will stand above, and through a pane of glass let into the ceiling he will be able to see when the minister enters the pulpit.
The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth Agnes Rothery
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It mattered not whether by night or day, the faithful bellringer was at his post, and with rain pouring down outside and fiery, vivid lightning playing around him, he still went tolling on, for evil spirits must be driven away, and people reminded to make the sign of the cross and pray God to protect them.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 Various
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After that he became a bellringer in the cathedral of Piacenza, where he gained the favourable notice of the Bishop, was ordained priest, and appointed a canon.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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But the King had ill-luck to this extent: the bellringer took up the recessional chant just as the King was stepping from the coach on the church knoll and the people were coming out from the service.
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