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  • noun The ringing of bells, as performed by a bellringer.

Etymologies

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bell +‎ ringing

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Examples

  • He early divorced himself from his family though due his lifelong depending on them for income his divorce papers his books were never approved and that led him to even more serious drinking, a drinking that let loose the millions of bats in his poor old bellringing belfry.

    Sitting Here Thinking The Daily Growler 2006

  • One of the recreations of Mr Justice Hughes, trial judge of "handless headcase" Abu Hamza al-Masri, is bellringing.

    scottymac.blogspot.com 2006

  • I actually had an opportunity to use this entry to impress my girlfriend with my esoteric knowledge of bellringing!

    Bell ringers suffer terrible fear of... bells 2005

  • The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers say that "bellringing is a great way of making new friends and meeting people" and that it's "a really different experience" so maybe now's the time to join them.

    Don't Let the Bells End 2005

  • I actually had an opportunity to use this entry to impress my girlfriend with my esoteric knowledge of bellringing!

    Bell ringers suffer terrible fear of... bells 2005

  • ABOUT a week had elapsed after the events which I have just recorded, when one morning, shortly before my return to Cambridge, I received a letter from Coleman, detailing the finale of the bellringing affair.

    Frank Fairlegh Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil Frank E. Smedley 1835

  • People have occasionally complained about bellringing.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • People have occasionally complained about bellringing.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • In every village where they appeared there was an end of dancing, bellringing, and hockey.

    The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

  • On the fourth of November, the anniversary of the King's birth, and on the fifth, the anniversary of his landing at Torbay, the bellringing, the shouting, and the illuminations were renewed both in

    The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

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