pay phone
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Another draw is the pay phone near Penrith in northern England, where the lead character in the cult classic “Withnail and I” harangues his agent for an acting job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
PENNAN, Scotland—William Arnold drove 900 miles from his home in Cornwall this summer to a windswept pay phone on the Isle of Lewis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
A coyote is bathed in red light; a cougar stalks near a grand piano; a man stands in a tropical jungle surrounded by mist; a pay phone off the hook dangles by its cord.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
At one point, he said, his telephone service was turned off, forcing him use a pay phone for calls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
There’s probably a pay phone at the nearby subway station, and the library isn’t too far away.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
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