bell-ringer
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Wednesday was a bell-ringer for the U.S. stock market, marking 3,453 days in a bull market rally — the longest on record.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2018
As Page wove his way through the holiday crowd, he talked about his troubles, raising his voice to be heard above a Salvation Army bell-ringer.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2017
But, he was blessed by Archbishop Benjamin in 2011 and says he’s the first official tonsured bell-ringer in the United States since the Russian Revolution.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2017
"Everybody who was playing sports 30 years ago will tell you that nobody thought a concussion was an issue. It was a bell-ringer," Leddy said.
From US News ● Apr. 6, 2016
The poet has torn his fear, his burning, moaning, horrible fear, out of himself, and poured it into his bell-ringer, who is consumed in his blazing belfry.
From ?mile Verhaeren by Stefan Zweig
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