trunk call
Example Sentences
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That would make it a trunk call - get it?
From Children's BBC • Jun. 25, 2012
On the third day, about two in the afternoon, I received a trunk call on the 'phone.
From Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England by Le Queux, William
Now it is merely a question of a trunk call.
From Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police by Dilnot, George
When you have chopped through nearly half of the trunk, call me and I will show you what next to do.”
From Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
The telephone bell rings with the petulant persistence that marks a trunk call, and I go in from some ineffectual gymnastics on the lawn to deal with the irruption.
From An Englishman Looks at the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
