Bells

Definitions

1. A city in Tennessee.
2. Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time.
   plural, plural-only
3. A town in Texas.
4. Ellipsis of bell-bottoms.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“And to him, long bell-bottoms were “arrogant.” So, whenever he was home before I left for school, he would make⟳ me stand⟳ on the top step of the six steps to the bedroom level of our house and he would inspect⟳ my bells.”

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