trunk call

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That would make it a trunk call - get it?

From Children's BBC • Jun. 25, 2012

He had never stayed in the house before, and he had booked his room by a trunk call from London.

From The Shrieking Pit by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)

When, twenty minutes later, Mr. Jeekes emerged from the trunk call telephone box in the club vestibule, his mouth was drooping at the corners and his hands trembled curiously.

From The Yellow Streak by Williams, Valentine

In fairness to the Postal authorities he should have admitted that it was a trunk call.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 by Various

The telephone squealed shrilly; it was a trunk call from Nemesis.

From The Toys of Peace, and other papers by Saki