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Definition of Dinner bell
1. Noun. A bell rung to announce that dinner has been served.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dinner Bell
Literary usage of Dinner bell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1879)
"The Cayman's dinner-bell.—Caught at last.—How to secure the reptile.—Mounting a
Cayman.—An improvised bridle.—Skin and teeth of the Cayman. ..."
2. The Gentleman's House: Or, How to Plan English Residences, from the by Robert Kerr (1865)
"The dinner-bell will be placed either inside or outside, according to the nature
of the house; but the pull ought to work easily (without cranks or pulleys ..."
3. Aristocracy in America by Francis Joseph Grund (1839)
"Confusion produced by the Dinner-bell. Duke Senior.—” What foul is this?”
Jaques.—” 0 worthy fool! One that has been a courtier, And says, if ladies be but ..."
4. A Tale of Two Oceans: A New Story by an Old Californian : an Account of a by Ezekiel I. Barra (1893)
"When the dinner bell rang at one o'clock, the same persons appeared as at breakfast.
... dinner bell ..."
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