Meaning

3 senses

  1. A rope that rings a bell.

  2. A handle attached to a rope that rings a bell.

  3. The tail of a fox

Origin

From bell + pull.

From bell + pull.

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Forms

plural: bell-pulls
Singularbell-pull
Pluralbell-pulls

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
believerbelittlebellA1belladonnabellboybellebellhop

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