Big ben

the bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London, England.
Contemporary Examples

The NFL’s Brett Favre Disaster Allen Barra January 4, 2011
Happy Birthday from Hizbollah! Neil MacFarquhar May 5, 2009
How Ridiculous! Big Ben To Be Renamed ‘Elizabeth Tower’. Tom Sykes June 25, 2012

Historical Examples

The Hunted Woman James Oliver Curwood
Sue, A Little Heroine L. T. Meade
Over the Rocky Mountains R.M. Ballantyne
Five Little Friends Sherred Willcox Adams
The Siege of Mafeking (1900) J. Angus Hamilton.
A Duet Arthur Conan Doyle
Lady Connie Mrs. Humphry Ward

noun
the bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, London
the clock in this tower
the tower

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