"dressing-bell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dressing-bells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dressing-bell (plural dressing-bells)
  1. A bell rung to alert people that it is time to get dressed, especially for dinner.
    Sense id: en-dressing-bell-en-noun-jgnUmkYC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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