Word: bonging
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Wilks, vicar of St. John's in Holmfirth, England was startled in his study to hear the bell of his church given one sudden, unwonted Bong...
...Bong? thought the vicar. It was Saturday. Hmmm, hmmm . . . must investigate. The vicar left his study, walked into the church...
...slot-doorbell, introduced into The Netherlands but a short time ago, has swiftly become a best seller. Instead of ringing the house bell one drops a Dutch cent* into the slot, and when the intelligent mechanism has verified that the object dropped is a cent it goes "Bong...
...despatch from Amsterdam described the Minister of Public Works as "enthusiastic" about the slot-doorbell, quoted His Excellency as determined to provide postmen with token coins which will enable them to play cheaply the game of making doors go "Bong...