trunk call

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That would make it a trunk call - get it?

From Children's BBC • Jun. 25, 2012

While the landlady, therefore, ordered the tea, Everard went out to the public telephone, asked for a trunk call, and rang up No. 169 Balderton.

From The Princess of the School by Wiles, Frank

"A trunk call," he said, explaining the delay in receiving acknowledgment from the other end of the wire.

From The Daffodil Mystery by Wallace, Edgar

“There is a trunk call for you,” a voice said.

From The Moving Finger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

Now it is merely a question of a trunk call.

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