Dressing-bell

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bell rung to alert people that it is time to get dressed, especially for dinner.

    "The sound of the dressing-bell dispersed the party. It was not till after dinner that I saw him again: he then seemed quite at his ease."

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"The sound of the dressing-bell dispersed the party. It was not till after dinner that I saw him again: he then seemed quite at his ease."

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