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trunk call

NOUN
phone call
Synonyms
STRONGEST
long-distance call telephone call
WEAK
buzz ring toll call toll-free call
NOUN
telephone call
Synonyms
STRONGEST
local call long-distance call phone call telephone conversation
WEAK
buzz call collect call crank call person-to-person call phone conversation ring station-to-station call toll call toll-free call
NOUN
toll call

Example Sentences

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That would make it a trunk call - get it?

From Children's BBC • Jun. 25, 2012

While the landlady, therefore, ordered the tea, Everard went out to the public telephone, asked for a trunk call, and rang up No. 169 Balderton.

From The Princess of the School by Wiles, Frank

Then he asked the post-office for a trunk call to Paris, and after an hour's wait he was put in touch with the headquarters of the Europe Chronicle.

From Swirling Waters by Rittenberg, Max

In fairness to the Postal authorities he should have admitted that it was a trunk call.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 by Various

Now it is merely a question of a trunk call.

From Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police by Dilnot, George