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sleigh bell
noun
- any of several kinds of small bells, as a jingle bell, attached to a sleigh or to the harness of the animal drawing the sleigh.
Word History and Origins
Origin of sleigh bell1
Example Sentences
You don’t have to know the Christmas story by heart to be entranced by glowing lights or to feel a rush of adrenaline when the sleigh bells kick in at the beginning of “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”
Men walking in the streets turned to glance over their shoulders at the approach of a step, at the sound of a sleigh-bell.
It had a light, sleigh-bell gayety, bringing thoughts of sparkling snows and iced sunshine.
As to sleighing, I have been sleighing about to that extent, that I am sick of the sound of a sleigh-bell.
The jingle of the sleigh bell made the hearts of the people glad.
A bass weighing one pound in 1880 was returned to the Potomac with a small sleigh bell attached to its tail with a wire.
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