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Meaning of "Bow Bells" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BOW BELLS

Bow Bells  [bəʊ belz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOW BELLS

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Bow Bells is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOW BELLS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bow Bells

St Mary-le-Bow

St Mary-le-Bow /ˌsəntˈmɛəriˈləˈboʊ/ is a historic church in the City of London on the main east-west thoroughfare, Cheapside. According to tradition a true Cockney must be born within earshot of the sound of Bow Bells.

Definition of Bow Bells in the English dictionary

The definition of Bow Bells in the dictionary is the bells of St Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside, London; it is said that a true Cockney is born within earshot of these bellsto be born within the sound of Bow Bells.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOW BELLS

Bovril
bovver
bovver boots
bovver boy
bow
bow and arrow
bow and scrape
bow collector
bow compass
bow doors
bow legs
bow oar
bow out
Bow Street runner

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOW BELLS

alarm bells
bells
Book of Kells
cap and bells
coralbells
Kells
Newtown St Boswells
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Sadler´s Wells
the bells
tubular bells
Tunbridge Wells
walk on eggshells
Wells
wind-bells

Synonyms and antonyms of Bow Bells in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Bow Bells» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOW BELLS

Find out the translation of Bow Bells to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Bow Bells from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Bow Bells» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蝴蝶结铃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Bow Bells
570 millions of speakers

English

Bow Bells
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बो घंटियाँ
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

القوس اجراس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Bow Bells
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Bow Bells
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বোল বেলস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Bow Bells
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bow Bells
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bow Bells
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ボウベルズ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

활 벨
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bow Bells
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cung Chuông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வில் பெல்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोल बेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yay çanları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Bow Bells
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Bow Bells
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Bow Bells
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Bow Bells
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Bow Bells
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

boog Bells
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Bow Bells
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Bow Bells
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Bow Bells

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOW BELLS»

The term «Bow Bells» is normally little used and occupies the 120.577 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOW BELLS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Bow Bells

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOW BELLS»

Discover the use of Bow Bells in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Bow Bells and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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London Pride: Born Within the Sound of Bow Bells
These are some of the memories that I have and the pictures that I have kept and collected from my family in England. I feel lucky that I have the pictures of people that are close to my heart.
Beatrice Hunter, 2005
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Smith and Hawken One Hundred English Roses for the American ...
[ 1991 } The blooms of 'Bow Bells' bear a strong resemblance to those of the Bourbon Rose 'Reine Victoria'; otherwise, there is a distinct appearance of the Modern Shrub Rose to the bush. If left unpruned, it can grow to 6 feet or more, but the ...
Clair G. Martin, 1997
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Ben Le Vay's Eccentric London: A Practical Guide to a ...
Try the puzzling rebus milestones between London and Eastbourne on the A22. These give mileages but no written destination at all except a bow and some bells. Bow bells... the bells of the church of St Mary-le-Bow, which was the traditional ...
Benedict Le Vay, 2012
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The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: 1800-1900
First pbd in Bow Bells 1868. Hilary St Ives: a novel. 3 vols 1870, Leip2ig 1869, London 1881. First pbd in NMM Feb-Dec 1869. Talbot Harland. 1871, Leip2ig 1870. First pbd in Bow Bells 1868. Tower Hill. 1871, Leip2ig 1871. First pbd in Bow ...
Joanne Shattock, 1999
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The Mirror of Literature Amusement and Instruction
Jacobus. BOW BELLS. ( To the Editor of the Mirror.) Sir, — You having more than once given your readers interesting information on the subject of bells and bell- ringing, and particularly Bow Bells, I beg leave, through the medium of the Mirror,  ...
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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION: ...
Jacobus. BOW BELLS. (To the Editor of the Mirror. ) Sir,— You having more than once given your readers interesting information on the subject of bells and bell- ringing, and particularly Bow Bells, I beg leave, through the medium of the Mirror,  ...
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The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in ...
with the same pain and aversion the silencing of Bow Bells, as would a poet or any other lover of nature, the cutting out of the tongue of a neigh- bouring nightingale. To take away Bow Bells will be, with many, to deprive Cheapside, not only of ...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Sm,--You having more than once given your readers interesting information on ' the subject of bells and bell-ringing, and particularly Bow Bells, I beg leave, ' through the medium of the Mmnon, to -' acquaint the inhabitants of the parish of St.
Reuben Percy, John Timbs, 1825
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The Fallen Angel: Chastity, Class, and Women's Reading, ...
Among the advertisers in this number of Nineteenth Century is a firm supplying " preserved provisions for yachts." "Helen Waite Papashvily, All the Happy Endings (New York: Harper, 1956), p. 130. ""The Fallen Vestal," Bow Bells, 28(1878), ...
Sally Mitchell, 1981
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Eccentric London: The Bradt Guide to Britain's Crazy and ...
For one thing the Bow Bells define who is and who is not a cockney. Those born within hearing of the bells - the biggest being a two-ton job called the 'Great Bell of Bow' - are by definition cockneys. This means that a lot of luwable cockneys ...
Benedict Le Vay, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOW BELLS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Bow Bells is used in the context of the following news items.
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Look beyond the high cost of homes. London is cheap
As Dick Whittington climbed Highgate Hill, he heard the Bow bells ringing. He turned around and went back to London, a city whose streets ... «The Times, Jul 15»
2
St Albans author Kate Griffin releases second novel Kitty Peck and …
... a cockney, but I am actually genuinely a cockney, I was born in Barts Hospital, which had a maternity ward within the sound of the Bow Bells. «St Albans & Harpenden Review, Jul 15»
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Stroud Wine Circle
She told us of her own connections, her mother having been born within the sound of Bow Bells, London, which entitled her to be known as a genuine Cockney. «Stroud News and Journal, Jun 15»
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Belle bells in Bow as Church of England celebrates first female …
The historic Bow Bells of the City of London rang out with a more feminine tone to mark the moment a woman took charge of a Church of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
5
Steep S.F. hills overcome with Hallidie's cable car
The rope began to hum in the street, the first occasion of a sound that would become as familiar to San Franciscans as Bow Bells to a London ... «San Francisco Chronicle, May 15»
6
Fubon Life Spends $540 Million for Madame Tussauds London Site
Fubon Life last year purchased Bow Bells House at 1 Bread Street in London for 197.2 million pounds and a property at 1 Carter Lane and Two ... «Bloomberg, May 15»
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Minerva Sells London's Walbrook Building for $901 Million
Fubon Life Insurance Co. Ltd. in December said it planned to buy Bow Bells House at 1 Bread Street in London for 197.2 million pounds. «Bloomberg, May 15»
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The week in radio: Lemn Sissay's Homecoming; The Documentary …
... Sissay will be in Manchester, where he grew up, and London, where he lives now, home to so many born far from the sound of Bow bells. «The Guardian, May 15»
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Madame Tussauds site 'sold' to Taiwanese insurer
Fubon has spent more than £300 million so far on two offices in the City of London, One Carter Lane and Bow Bells House, late last year. «The Independent, May 15»
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Which Elements Were Discovered In London?
Boron crops up in Cockney rhyming slang and it was indeed isolated a couple of miles from Bow bells. To those born within the sound of the ... «Londonist, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
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