Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small bell rung by the hand, as distinguished from one rung by some mechanical means, as a bell-rope.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a bell that is held in the hand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music A small
bell designed to berung byhand .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bell that is held in the hand
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Examples
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I loved playing in handbell choir at church (no that’s not nerdy either …).
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I loved playing in handbell choir at church (no that’s not nerdy either …).
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A couple of times each year, they dodemo recordings for one of the larger publishers of handbell music.
Bell-issima 2009
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A couple of times each year, they dodemo recordings for one of the larger publishers of handbell music.
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“Ladies and gentlemen,” he began, and Phyllis and I were tapping our crystal water glasses like English handbell ringers.
Nuptial Indemnity Con Chapman 2011
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I have never, to my knowledge, engaged in elder abuse, except one time when my middle school choir sang at an old persons' home and several people died specifically to escape our handbell rendition of "Alexander's Ragtime Band."
Before limiting college students' voting rights, stop old people! 2011
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PAX RIVER RINGERS The St. Mary's County handbell choir performs songs from the Revolutionary War, late-20th-century pop music, spirituals, ragtime and TV themes. 7 p.m. Christ Church, 112 E. Charles St.,
Prince George's County and Southern Maryland Going Out Guide, June 24-30 2010
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“Ladies and gentlemen,” he began, and Phyllis and I were tapping our crystal water glasses like English handbell ringers.
Nuptial Indemnity 2010
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“All aboard,” the conductor yelled, clanging a handbell.
KNIGHTLEY ACADEMY VIOLET HABERDASHER 2010
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In Toronto, she saw a handbell demonstration (I'm sorry, what?) and a horse race.
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