trunk call
Example Sentences
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That would make it a trunk call - get it?
From Children's BBC ● Jun. 25, 2012
Please get me Stevenish one-three-seven," he said, "it's a trunk call.
From The Yellow Streak by Valentine Williams
"A trunk call," he said, explaining the delay in receiving acknowledgment from the other end of the wire.
From The Daffodil Mystery by Edgar Wallace
"A trunk call," he said over his shoulder to the departing commissioner, "it may be something interesting."
From The Clue of the Twisted Candle by Edgar Wallace
Now it is merely a question of a trunk call.
From Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police by George Dilnot
