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Death bell   /dɛθ bɛl/   Listen
Death bell

noun
1.
A bell rung to announce a death.  Synonym: death knell.





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"Death bell" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the course of the day, and for that night supersedes the necessity of ringing the Curfew. The Curfew Bell is rung, and not tolled, as Reginald states: therefore, what he heard, I suppose to have been the death bell. M.D. ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. 19, Issue 545, May 5, 1832 • Various


Words linked to "Death bell" :   bell, death knell


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