switchboard

Example Sentences

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Telephone service, too, was more limited than ever, but at last the girl at the hospital switchboard reached the telephone operator in Hilversum with the news of Betsie’s death and my release.

From Literature

Helen manages a sympathetic peek before turning back to her own switchboard.

From Literature

Educated by the Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy, she worked filing letters and on a switchboard.

From The Wall Street Journal

At Bedford, he said: "We've introduced a dedicated telephone triage midwife, new 'mini switchboard' phone triage service and a private triage area to improve access, privacy and dignity."

From BBC

The calls came in to a central operator sitting at a switchboard at the phone company downtown.

From Literature