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(adjective) - In Worcestershire, a betrothed couple are said to be "hanging in the bellropes" during the three weeks which elapse between the first and third calling of their banns of marriage. If the marriage does not come off, then the deserted one was, and still is, said to be "hung in the bellropes."
--Edwin Radford's Unusual Words and How They Came About, 1946
January 14, 2018