| 单词 | thief and reever bell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthief and reever bell thief and reever bell n. see quots. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of bell > large bell knoll1379 toll1452 knolling1480 tollinga1513 tonging1584 thief and reever bell1777 bell-toll1860 donga1882 tong1881 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. 17 A Bell, usually called the Thief and Reever Bell, proclaims our two annual Fairs. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Thief and Reever-Bell, the name given to the tolling of the great bell of Saint Nicholas, Newcastle, which is rung at 8 o'clock of the evening preceding every fair. < as lemmas |
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