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silver bell
noun
- any North American shrub or small tree belonging to the genus Halesia, of the storax family, having toothed leaves and drooping white, bell-shaped flowers.
silver bell
noun
- any of various deciduous trees of the styracaceous genus Halesia, esp H. carolina, of North America and China, having white bell-shaped flowers Also calledsnowdrop tree
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Word History and Origins
Origin of silver bell1
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
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Example Sentences
It’s possible that somewhere in Rock Creek Park there rests the skeleton of a foreign squirrel, a little silver bell on a ribbon around its neck.
From Washington Post
Even here the glorious voice of the prima donna floated clear as a silver bell.
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A little silver bell, with "Katy" engraved on the handle, is among the pretty things.
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Then a woman rang a little silver bell, and a woman who sat short but rose to unexpected heights stood up.
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The sound of a silver bell broke in, the signal that she was in request by old Madame l'Etiquette.
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She rings a little silver bell and when her servants come in she tells them to bring her grains of the finest wheat.
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