as in skull
a person's mental ability
The old codger has cobwebs in the belfry.
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Recent Examples of belfry
All of them fugitives from autocratic imprisonment or isolation in deep chambers, ostracized as monsters in belfries and underground cisterns.
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Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
His penance is to pray the rosary — and then rip apart a pillow in the church belfry.
—Will Swaim, National Review, 6 Jan. 2024
There, the thickly forested ranges perched on a shelf of cottony clouds, offering a view of the mountaintop complex modeled after 16th century Vietnamese pagodas, including a 10-story belfry, a network of stone staircases and a giant seated Buddha.
—Patrick Scott, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
Pamela Wright The 1897 Vergennes Opera House was built in 1897 but shuttered in 1974 because of its total disrepair (pigeons in the belfry!).
—Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
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Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
His penance is to pray the rosary — and then rip apart a pillow in the church belfry.
—Will Swaim, National Review, 6 Jan. 2024
There, the thickly forested ranges perched on a shelf of cottony clouds, offering a view of the mountaintop complex modeled after 16th century Vietnamese pagodas, including a 10-story belfry, a network of stone staircases and a giant seated Buddha.
—Patrick Scott, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
Pamela Wright The 1897 Vergennes Opera House was built in 1897 but shuttered in 1974 because of its total disrepair (pigeons in the belfry!).
—Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
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“Belfry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belfry. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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