pushbutton
Example Sentences
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The effect was very "analog." It reminded me of switching channels on a monaural, pushbutton car radio, or watching a theatrical documentary shot on film.
From Salon ● May 23, 2011
In Evanston, Ill.'s Washington National Insurance Co. building, Otis Elevator installed an electronically controlled elevator system which, it says, makes self-service pushbutton cars practical in busy office buildings for the first time.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is a startling development for the nation that invented the electric golf cart, the pushbutton car window and the drive-in mortuary, but it is happening.
From Time Magazine Archive
What Ma Bell did not anticipate, however, was that the pushbutton phone would become America's newest musical instrument.
From Time Magazine Archive
My boy, we are going to install this bell in your room, and the pushbutton on the base of that telephone pole.
From David and the Phoenix by Joan Raysor
