lin-lan-lonen.
An echoic formation intended to suggest the sound of a chime of three bells.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > repeated
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1889 Ld. Tennyson Far—far—away ii The mellow lin-lan-lone of evening bells.
1954 J. Betjeman Few Late Chrysanthemums 73 The dear old village! Lin-lan-lone the bells (Which should be six) ring over hills and dells.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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