Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having no bell.

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Examples

  • But, before he could add a direction, he was halted by a soft buzzing from the telephone, which, though bell-less, still gave this faint warning of a call.

    Within the Law 1913

  • But, before he could add a direction, he was halted by a soft buzzing from the telephone, which, though bell-less, still gave this faint warning of a call.

    Within the Law Bayard Veiller 1906

  • The move will facilitate a new class schedule that includes bell-less dismissals and fluid period lengths.

    News/local from www.dailyamerican.com 2009

  • The move will facilitate a new class schedule that includes bell-less dismissals and fluid period lengths.

    News/local from www.dailyamerican.com 2009

  • Where you begin in the GameCube version with 1000 Bells, in the DS version, you are penniless (or rather bell-less).

    IGN Complete 2008

  • Sad to say, you are penniless (or bell-less) as well, with nothing more than a fat zero in your billfold.

    IGN Complete 2008

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