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A handle or cord that is pulled to ring a doorbell or a servant's bell etc.
Answer for the clue "A handle or cord that is pulled to ring a doorbell or a servant's bell etc. ", 8 letters:
bellpull
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. a handle or cord that is pulled to ring a doorbell or a servant's bell etc.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A rope that rings a bell. 2 A handle attached to a rope that rings a bell.
Usage examples of bellpull.
She looked at the bellpull, hesitant to summon Bevins, wondering if she would ever get used to the idea of having someone ready to fulfill her every desire.
Only the numbered bellpulls and the slight wildness of their front gardens betrayed the fact that these apartments were distant relatives of Easterlies tenements.
A row of bellpulls ran beside a set of brass plaques bearing the names of families who hadn't lived here in decades.