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Belle

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A beauty. The Belle of the room. The most beautiful lady in the room (French).

La belle France. A common French phrase applied to France, as “Merry England” is to our own country.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Bell
Bells
Bell, Book, and Candle
Bell of Patrick’s Will (clog an eadhachta Phatraic)
Bell Savage
Bell-the-Cat
Bell-wavering
Belladonna (Italian, beautiful lady)
Bellarmine (A)
Bellaston (Lady)
Belle
Belles Lettres
Bellefontaine (Benedict)
Bellerophon
Bellerophon
Bellerus
Bellicent
Bellin
Bellisant
Bellman
Bellona

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