bell punch

British  

noun

1. a machine that issues or stamps a ticket, etc, ringing a bell as it does so

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bell punch

He read "Don't Blow out the Gas," without feeling it an impertinence, and went over to read the code of signals posted above the bell punch.

From A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West by Hamlin Garland

If Gin'ral Washington iv sacred mimory 'd been under a good sthreet-car Sicrety iv War, he'd 've wore a bell punch to ring up ivry time he killed a Hessian.

From Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen by Finley Peter Dunne

"I will see that he uses a bell punch," cried Fred.

From Doctor Jones' Picnic by S. E. (Samuel E.) Chapman

And he took a nickel from one pocket of his great-coat and dropped it in another, ringing his bell punch to record the transfer.

From The Shape of Fear by Elia Wilkinson Peattie

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