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Definition of Bellmen
1. bellman [n] - See also: bellman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bellmen
Literary usage of Bellmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"... country towns the class still exists in the shape of town drummers and town
bellmen, employed to proclaim orally to the citizens all impending auctions, ..."
2. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1907)
"Thomas Cann Hughes bellmen OF LANCASTER. THE earliest entry is in 1736, when John
Mason was the Bellman ; he was succeeded in— 1768 ... by William Helme ..."
3. A Register of National Bibliography: With a Selection of the Chief by William Prideaux Courtney (1905)
"10-19 (1881). old bellmen's broadsides ; antiq. mag. and bibliog. v. 221-5 ; VL
4^—7 - (1884). the library, NS ii. (1901), pp. 12-19. ..."
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