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Word: pealing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...Those bells were my joy and sadness. When it was a repique [a joyous peal of bells for processions and fiestas] I felt like running down the stairs to join the crowd in the square and be happy with them. But when I went up with my husband to toll the big one for someone's death, I always wondered who had died and thought of the life to come. And then-think of it; -I had to toll the big bell for my own husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lady Bellringer | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

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