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Bow bells
[ boh ]
plural noun
- the bells of Bow church, in the East End district of London: traditionally, a true Cockney is born and raised within the sound of Bow bells.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Bow bells1
First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences
If, in short, you have ever had the advantage of being born within the sound of Bow bells.
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By the old sound and proverbial test a Cockney was a man born within the sound of Bow bells.
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It seemed to carry an admonition with it; something like the premonition conveyed to young Whittington by Bow Bells.
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One way of expressing the fact of being a Londoner used to be to say 'born within sound of Bow bells.'
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This is true, and hence, let us judge leniently of the lad living within the sound of Bow Bells.
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