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bellpush

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English

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Etymology

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From bell +‎ push.

Noun

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bellpush (plural bellpushes)

  1. A button that rings a bell (such as a doorbell) when pressed.
    • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 8:
      I groped around a bit to find the bell-push, and let them have a full five seconds clatter, just to show what I was thinking of them.

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