WordNet
dinner bell
n. a bell rung to announce that dinner has been served
Usage examples of "dinner bell".
When the dinner bell rang she looked into his dressing - room, he wasn't there, he wasn't in the study, he wasn't in the house.
Jack took out the famous dinner bell to see that it was safe, Belfaygor gave his beard a last cheerful clip, Snif ate the tops of a pot of geraniums and Peter, putting the flagon in his pocket and tightening his hold on the pirate's sack felt ready for any adventure.
Bolivar had not taken kindly to being moved to a straggly camp out in the brush, with no dinner bell to whack or crowbar to whack it with.
The next thing she knew, she was being awakened by the dinner bell.