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phone book

noun as in telephone directory

noun as in Yellow Pages

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I wouldn’t pay to hear her read the proverbial phone book, but I might shell out to hear her sing it, while cracking jokes in between vocalizing.

DNS, which stands for Domain Name System, is often likened to a phone book for the internet.

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And fortunately there was a phone book inside of it.

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The preacher is one of the biggest sinners in Bakersfield, not merely because both he and Honey may as well be using the phone book as a checklist of conquests.

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Some liken it to a thick phone book.

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

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