call-bell

He pressed the call-bell twice, and a moment later Dede Mason entered.

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The stationary range, hot and cold water, dumb-waiter, speaking tubes, and call-bell for the janitor pleased her very much.

Sister Carrie 2004

Lindsey, flinging a laughter-helpless arm across a call-bell, rang an inadvertent summons to the steward that cost him the price of the drinks and gave Terry a breathing spell.

Terry A Tale of the Hill People Charles Goff Thomson

The call-bell has nothing to do with the telephone.

Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele

Laurent twirled the milled button of the call-bell which stood upon the desk.

Despair's Last Journey David Christie Murray

And there a few minutes later he had connected the wires to a call-bell on a ledge immediately behind the table at which he worked.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

With the assurance of one whose right to do was unquestioned, Farrel took his seat at the head of the table and reached for the little silver call-bell beside his plate, while Parker took an unaccustomed seat opposite the potato baron.

The Pride of Palomar 1918

And in so doing she knocked over the call-bell on the stand, and almost immediately she heard Olga moving about.

A Poor Wise Man Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

Before the cover is finally put in place, the pneumograph is tested, stethoscope connections are tested to see if the pulse can be heard, the rectal thermometer connections are tested, and the telephone, call-bell, and electric light are all put in good working order.

Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man Francis Gano Benedict 1913

"One of the first things he did after the inauguration," said Col.P. M. Pearsall, his private secretary, "was to detach the call-bell from his desk to my desk; whenever he wanted me he would ring for Joe, the negro servant, and call me."

The Life and Speeches of Charles Brantley Aycock Robert Digges Wimberly 1912