person-to-person call
Example Sentences
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For example, to confirm that it has found Alfred Alumnus, whose last address was 1500 Shady Lane, Tracers may place a person-to-person call to William Alumnus at the suspected new address.
From Time Magazine Archive
He staggered out soaking wet, grabbed a telephone, and placed a person-to-person call to a Mr. William O. DeWitt in Cincinnati.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Yes, hello. I’d like to place a person-to-person call to Cleveland, Ohio, the United States of America, please.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Karen showed him the phone and he started to put through a person-to-person call.
From Murder in the Gunroom by Piper, H. Beam
"A person-to-person call," he stated, "to Mr. Ken Holt, at the Brentwood Advance, Brentwood, New Jersey."
From The Flying Stingaree by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
