sleigh bell
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sleigh bell
An Americanism dating back to 1765–75
Example Sentences
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Butter Bean, an elderly canine of terrier extraction, trots around the house in a sweater vest bearing a jangling sleigh bell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
“The cello melody, the idea of these huge beats, the weird sleigh bell — ” The sleigh bell?
From New York Times ● May 6, 2021
It’s beautifully produced: the opening acoustic guitar work adds a really strong, incessant beat underneath the tune, and there’s not a sleigh bell to be heard.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 22, 2016
Well, perhaps not the sleigh bell or the dinner bell.
From The Invisible Censor by Francis Hackett
Not a footfall, not a sleigh bell; not another light in sight, but only the moon.
From The End of a Coil by Susan Warner
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