Green’s Dictionary of Slang

little nell n.

[rhy. sl.]

a bell, usu. a doorbell.

[UK]G. Kersh Fowlers End (2001) 269: I must die for the want o’ Johnny Rann, / No Little Nell shall be rung for / This Pope-o’-Romeless pot-’n-pan / My ding-dong has been sung for.