the seven bells

phrase

Used as an intensifier after an interrogative pronoun.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. slangUsed as an intensifier after an interrogative pronoun.

    That's simple enough, but why the seven bells doesn't the documentation say so? Instead it talks about resources, but nowhere defines what a resource is, or what the syntax is for describing one.

    2008 May 7, Robert Billing, “Are things getting difficult?”, in uk.comp.os.linux (Usenet)

Origin

From seven bells.

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APA

the seven bells. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20seven%20bells

MLA

“the seven bells.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20seven%20bells. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “the seven bells,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20seven%20bells.

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