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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published 7 December 2024
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The Week Us, theweek, 7 Dec. 2024
For those of you tired of the usual holiday movie diet of sleigh bells, snowflakes, and sugarplum fairies, The Hollywood Reporter‘s international team has whipped up a menu of new foreign films, currently available to screen in the U.S., that offer something for a more refined cinema palate.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2024
Passengers are treated to hot chocolate by dancing chefs, hear a reading of the book, and receive a silver sleigh bell from Santa.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 15 Nov. 2024
Butter Bean, an elderly canine of terrier extraction, trots around the house in a sweater vest bearing a jangling sleigh bell.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
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The Week Us, theweek, 7 Dec. 2024
For those of you tired of the usual holiday movie diet of sleigh bells, snowflakes, and sugarplum fairies, The Hollywood Reporter‘s international team has whipped up a menu of new foreign films, currently available to screen in the U.S., that offer something for a more refined cinema palate.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2024
Passengers are treated to hot chocolate by dancing chefs, hear a reading of the book, and receive a silver sleigh bell from Santa.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 15 Nov. 2024
Butter Bean, an elderly canine of terrier extraction, trots around the house in a sweater vest bearing a jangling sleigh bell.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
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“Sleigh bell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleigh%20bell. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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