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passing bell
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passing bell

 
–noun
1. a bell tolled to announce a death or funeral.
2. a portent or sign of the passing away of anything.
Origin:
1520–30
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
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