trunk call
Example Sentences
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That would make it a trunk call - get it?
From Children's BBC • Jun. 25, 2012
"A trunk call," he said, explaining the delay in receiving acknowledgment from the other end of the wire.
From The Daffodil Mystery by Wallace, Edgar
"A trunk call," he said over his shoulder to the departing commissioner, "it may be something interesting."
From The Clue of the Twisted Candle by Wallace, Edgar
When, twenty minutes later, Mr. Jeekes emerged from the trunk call telephone box in the club vestibule, his mouth was drooping at the corners and his hands trembled curiously.
From The Yellow Streak by Williams, Valentine
The telephone bell rings with the petulant persistence that marks a trunk call, and I go in from some ineffectual gymnastics on the lawn to deal with the irruption.
From An Englishman Looks at the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
