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telephone book

noun as in telephone directory

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Example Sentences

The Parents’ Guide isn’t just a telephone book full of data.

Some people would have paid extra to not be on camera in their home, the same way people would pay extra to have their phone numbers left out of telephone books.

There should a telephone book full of examples—so why stretch the truth?

And by 1958, he felt so comfortable that he was listed under his real name in the Buenos Aires telephone book.

Nick could make the telephone book sound interesting and invent a mystery out of eating a ham sandwich for lunch.

I was about to give up in despair when the happy thought came that I might find it in the telephone book.

He asked for a telephone book, looked up the names under Gomez, copied the address of one Juan Gomez, and returned to his table.

Merry had found the address in the telephone book, and when the right number was reached, Dapple was brought to a standstill.

Ruth had no need to look in the telephone book to find the number of Flynn's book store.

Accordingly I wasted no further time, but turned on the hall light and took up the telephone-book.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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