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Definition of Bellpulls
1. bellpull [n] - See also: bellpull
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bellpulls
Literary usage of Bellpulls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by East Riding Antiquarian Society, American Society of Heating, Institution of Gas Engineers, Air Conditioning Engineers (1899)
"2 willows for bellpulls 6d. 2 scuttles - - - - - 2d. i pair of gloves called
mittens for a common workman for hedging 3d. 100 fagots for hedging divers ..."
2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"... and capable e taking a very high polish, they are extensive!] used for turnery
work, especially in making thi handles of bellpulls, small tops, ..."
3. Round the Block: An American Novel by John Bell] [Bouton (1864)
"... who was tentative of bellpulls. Mrs. Crull kept two servants, but she could
never get over the impulse to answer the door, when she was near it. ..."
4. Annual Reports of the Navy Department: Report of the Secretary of the Navy by United States Navy Dept (1887)
"... ash-hoisting engine put in; speaking-tubes and bellPulls limit hi, amid minor
repairs made. The work was done at the New York ..."
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