trunk call
Example Sentences
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That would make it a trunk call - get it?
From Children's BBC • Jun. 25, 2012
On the third day, about two in the afternoon, I received a trunk call on the 'phone.
From Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England by Le Queux, William
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
The telephone squealed shrilly; it was a trunk call from Nemesis.
From The Toys of Peace, and other papers by Saki
Then he asked the post-office for a trunk call to Paris, and after an hour's wait he was put in touch with the headquarters of the Europe Chronicle.
From Swirling Waters by Rittenberg, Max
