Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cord attached to a bell; specifically, a cord attached to a bell on a locomotive and running through the cars of a train, used by conductors or brakemen in the United States and Canada to signal the engineer.
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Examples
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At this alarming information, I went up to the bell-cord and stood sentinel until the Duke of York came in and rescued me from our tte--tte.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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At this alarming information, I went up to the bell-cord and stood sentinel until the Duke of York came in and rescued me from our tte--tte.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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At this alarming information, I went up to the bell-cord and stood sentinel until the Duke of York came in and rescued me from our tte--tte.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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The stone steps are disjointed; the bell-cord is rotten; the gutter-spouts broken.
La Grand Breteche 2007
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The stone steps are disjointed; the bell-cord is rotten; the gutter-spouts broken.
La Grand Breteche 2007
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So saying she pulled the bell-cord (an exquisite bit of needlework).
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So saying she pulled the bell-cord (an exquisite bit of needlework).
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He began to think at once what he must do, how he must act to carry on his buiness, to rehabilitate himself; and as he did so he dressed and pulled the bell-cord, which had been indicated to him, and which would bring him an attendant who would build him a fire and later bring him something to eat.
The Financier 2004
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Please pull the bell-cord when you are dressed; a lovely breakfast awaits you in the solar, along with allies of the veyâr who came to meet you.
Memory of Fire Lisle, Holly 2002
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"Don't bring the others!" he said in alarm, as she reached for a bell-cord.
Elvenblood Lackey, Mercedes 1995
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