toll call
Example Sentences
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I think the technology will be in place to offer the programming on a timed basis, like a toll call.
From Time Magazine Archive
A toll call, which must be relayed along a maze of loops and trunk lines, usually involves several skilled operators and a number of complex connections.
From Time Magazine Archive
The auto dealer in nearby Monroe made a toll call to find out if he was satisfied with a repair.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first $1,100 phone bill taught him the hard way that he was mistaken: The dial-in number was a toll call, unless you subscribed to a $100 plan that capped the costs.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
From one end of it to the other is a toll call, and if a man that was settin' at the table farthest from the kitchen ordered roast lamb he'd get mutton.
From Gullible's Travels, Etc. by Lardner, Ring
