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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A loose metal ball serving for the clapper of a sleigh-bell; also, the bell itself.

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  • The loose metal ball that serves as the clapper of a globular sleighbell.

    "Globular sleighbell" has a nice--er...ring to it. :-)

    October 22, 2008

  • Sounds like an insult to me:

    "You're a globular sleighbell!"

    "I'm telling!"

    October 22, 2008

  • Haha!

    October 22, 2008