call box
Example Sentences
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BT was consulting with Aberdeenshire Council on the future of the call box, as well as those located in Crovie and Portsoy.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2021
I was a fan of Duchamp but wasn’t familiar with that particular piece, so I remember standing in a call box while Richard described it to me over the phone.
From The Guardian • Dec. 7, 2018
A faded yellow emergency call box hung next to the front door.
From New York Times • May 2, 2016
Earlier, Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon presented Rivera with a mounted fire hose nozzle, and New York City Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano gave baseball's career saves leader a mounted call box.
From Seattle Times • May 29, 2013
Nothing in there but a stainless-steel sink and toilet and a call box so you can communicate with the staff.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.