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Coventry bell

noun

  1. a perennial garden plant, Campanula trachelium, of Eurasia, having coarsely toothed leaves and bluish-purple flowers.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Coventry bell1

First recorded in 1570–80
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Example Sentences

A Coventry bell, dated 1675, says— I ring at six to let men know When too and fro their worke to goe.

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