chimes

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"If the chimes are there, and are, as you say, melodious, why do they not play Well, sir, I b'lieve there's a bit of superstition at the bottom of it," returned the clerk, not caring to explain too fully lest he should have to tell about Mr. West's death, which might not be the thing to frighten a new Vicar with.

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  1. noun An apparatus for striking a bell or set of bells to produce a musical sound.
  2. noun Music A set of tuned bells used as an orchestral instrument. Often used in the plural.
  3. noun A single bell, as in the mechanism of a clock.

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