sleigh bell
noun
: any of various bells commonly attached to a sleigh or to the harness of a horse drawing a sleigh: such as
a
b
: a hemispherical bell with an attached clapper
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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.
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Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
There’s no time like the holidays — sleigh bells ringing, gift giving, kids singing, kids screaming.
—Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
Sprinkle in beloved holiday songs and sleigh bells.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Nov. 2023
North Pole, New York This small Upstate New York village in the Adirondack Mountains is home to Santa's Workshop, a year-round outdoor theme park complete with lights, sleigh bells and reindeer.
—Madison Roberts, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
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Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
There’s no time like the holidays — sleigh bells ringing, gift giving, kids singing, kids screaming.
—Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
Sprinkle in beloved holiday songs and sleigh bells.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Nov. 2023
North Pole, New York This small Upstate New York village in the Adirondack Mountains is home to Santa's Workshop, a year-round outdoor theme park complete with lights, sleigh bells and reindeer.
—Madison Roberts, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
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“Sleigh bell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleigh%20bell. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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