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  • noun Plural form of bellpull.

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Examples

  • Most looked almost ordinary; their owners had clearly tried to make them as Muggle-like as possible, but had slipped up by adding chimneys, or bellpulls, or weather vanes.

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J. K. 2000

  • T'fyrr asked, puzzled, and Nob walked over to the wood-paneled wall, pulled aside a brown damask curtain, and pointed to a line of gilded brass bellpulls.

    The Eagle And The Nightingale Lackey, Mercedes 1995

  • There were two front doors painted bright blue, with identical knockers and old-fashioned iron bellpulls.

    Through the Wall Wentworth, Patricia 1950

  • Doesn't it make you feel rather small and otherwise unworthy when you see the kind of street these fellow-beings of yours live in, and then think how particular you are about locality and the number of bellpulls?

    A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete William Dean Howells 1878

  • Doesn't it make you feel rather small and otherwise unworthy when you see the kind of street these fellow-beings of yours live in, and then think how particular you are about locality and the number of bellpulls?

    Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878

  • Doesn't it make you feel rather small and otherwise unworthy when you see the kind of street these fellow-beings of yours live in, and then think how particular you are about locality and the number of bellpulls?

    A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 1 William Dean Howells 1878

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