Diccionario ingles.comDiccionario ingles.com
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Big Ben   /bɪg bɛn/   Listen
Big Ben

noun
1.
Clock in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, London.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Big Ben" Quotes from Famous Books



... food, plentiful ale and beer, entered every English cottage with the weaving of cotton and wool. A far more revolutionary and more hated machine than the power-loom was the combing-machine called Big Ben. ...
— Home Life in Colonial Days • Alice Morse Earle
... down later on his big Ben to bring the horses up. As he came into the yard at Bower's he saw a light in the old stable. Dismounting, he went to the open door. Anne was with Diogenes. The lantern was set on the step above her, and ...
— Mistress Anne • Temple Bailey
... ARMITSTEAD. That young fellow, proud of his chickenhood of sixty-seven years, brought me out to take care of me, and freshen me up. Fancy I've worn him out; instead of his taking care of me, have to look after him! Shall be glad to get again within sound of Big Ben. Spoiling for a fight. HARCOURT done very well; but he'll have to tuck in his tuppenny and let me over ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 5, 1892 • Various


Words linked to "Big Ben" :   British capital, capital of the United Kingdom, London, clock, Greater London


Copyright © 2024 Diccionario ingles.com