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public telephone

noun as in call box

noun as in pay phone

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And the chance seemed a slender, fantastical one, even if he could safely get to a public telephone.

He now walked back to a drug store on whose front he had seen the sign of a public telephone.

In the alcove made by the box-stairs stood the public telephone switch board and two booths.

Besides the Government and public telephone offices, nearly every large commercial house, and most private homes, have telephones.

When his cab drew up at the busy entrance on La Salle Street, he found his way to the nearest public telephone.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to public telephone, such as: coin telephone, pay phone, pay station, phone booth, telephone box, and telephone kiosk.

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

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