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- noun Plural form of
bellpull .
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Examples
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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
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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
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There were two front doors painted bright blue, with identical knockers and old-fashioned iron bellpulls.
Through the Wall Wentworth, Patricia 1950
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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
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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
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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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