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
Ever and anon a sleigh bell would tinkle past and sink into Pavel’s mood.
From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Cahan, Abraham
On the night of his daughter's wedding he makes payment of her dowry, and as the money is laid on the table a sleigh bell falls from among the gold coins.
From Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform by Fulton, Robert I.
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