trunk call

Example Sentences

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That would make it a trunk call - get it?

From Children's BBC • Jun. 25, 2012

Please get me Stevenish one-three-seven," he said, "it's a trunk call.

From The Yellow Streak by Williams, Valentine

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

"A trunk call," he said, explaining the delay in receiving acknowledgment from the other end of the wire.

From The Daffodil Mystery by Wallace, Edgar

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