trunk call

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That would make it a trunk call - get it?

From Children's BBC • Jun. 25, 2012

Now it is merely a question of a trunk call.

From Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police by Dilnot, George

"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 Wallace, Edgar

The telephone bell rings with the petulant persistence that marks a trunk call, and I go in from some ineffectual gymnastics on the lawn to deal with the irruption.

From An Englishman Looks at the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

When you have chopped through nearly half of the trunk, call me and I will show you what next to do.”

From Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth