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sleigh bell

noun

  1. any of several kinds of small bells, as a jingle bell, attached to a sleigh or to the harness of the animal drawing the sleigh.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sleigh bell1

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75
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Example Sentences

You don’t have to know the Christmas story by heart to be entranced by glowing lights or to feel a rush of adrenaline when the sleigh bells kick in at the beginning of “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”

Men walking in the streets turned to glance over their shoulders at the approach of a step, at the sound of a sleigh-bell.

It had a light, sleigh-bell gayety, bringing thoughts of sparkling snows and iced sunshine.

As to sleighing, I have been sleighing about to that extent, that I am sick of the sound of a sleigh-bell.

The jingle of the sleigh bell made the hearts of the people glad.

A bass weighing one pound in 1880 was returned to the Potomac with a small sleigh bell attached to its tail with a wire.

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