Bow-bells

Bow´-bells`


n. pl.1.The bells of Bow Church in London; cockneydom.
People born within the sound of Bow-bells are usually called cockneys.
- Murray's Handbook of London.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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