trunk call

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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

He had never stayed in the house before, and he had booked his room by a trunk call from London.

From The Shrieking Pit by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)

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

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