joy-bell

noun

Definitions

  1. A church bell.

    • The carriages rolled away to the ringing of a joy bell in the church tower, as was proper at a baptism.
    • "That bloody Jock Keir with the money rattling in his pocket. Tack wallah's joy-bells."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA