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plural of bell examples
plural only
(nautical) Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time. examples
Short for bell-bottoms. quotations 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.
2020, Erica Heller, One Last Lunch: A Final Meal with Those Who Meant So Much to Us
third-person singular simple present indicative of bell examples